Earthly or Eternal-- where is your focus? Acts 1:1-11 The Holy Spirit empowered Jesus while he walked on the earth, and He continues the ministry of Jesus on the earth now. He empowers us to testify of Jesus to others. He exalts Christ. He helps us to lift up Jesus. Notice that the apostles focus here was the restoration of the kingdom to Israel. We can all get distracted by other issues—things that are not the point of the Holy Spirit.
The book of Acts is the record of the power of the Holy Spirit working through the apostles to begin the spread of the gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth.
App-- the Holy Spirit is still about the same kind of work—that we would testify of Jesus. He empowers us to exalt Christ. Jesus said that if he be lifted up he will draw all men unto him. The Holy Spirit works through us to do that!
Acts 2-4 share the beginning of this, and culminates with their prayer, in the face of threats, the God would enable them to speak the word with boldness. (Acts 4:29)
Prayer that we would be enabled to speak the word with boldness!
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