IN ME... HE GIFTS, CONVICTS, MOVES, INSPIRES, SEALS, and PLEDGES...

Friday was here,

but Sunday has come!

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SUNDAY IN THE SON

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What was a very dark, discouraging, dying Friday was transformed into an light filled, encouraging, eternal life Sunday.
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For forty days after His Sunday resurrection, Acts 1 says,
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"Jesus began to do and teach,

until the day when He was taken up,

after He had by the Holy Spirit

given orders to the apostles

whom He had chosen.

To these He also presented Himself alive,

after His suffering, by many convincing proofs,

appearing to them over a period of forty days,

and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God."

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Acts 1:8 continues,

"...but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit

has come upon you;

and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem,

and in all Judea and Samaria,

and even to the remotest part of the earth. "

And after He had said these things,

He was lifted up

while they were looking on,

and a cloud received Him

out of their sight.

And as they were gazing intently into the sky

while He was departing,

behold, two men in white clothing

stood beside them;

and they also said,

"Men of Galilee,

why do you stand looking into the sky?

This Jesus,

who has been taken up from you into heaven,

will come in just the same way

as you have watched Him go into heaven."

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Ten days later, the apostles received the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem... Peter preached the gospel... the people asked questions... Peter answered... and the church of Jesus Christ began. I love this part of Peter's sermon and the results that followed:

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Acts 2:36-47
"Therefore let all the house of Israel

know for certain that

God has made Him both Lord and Christ —

this Jesus whom you crucified."

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Now when they heard this,

they were pierced to the heart,

and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,

"Brethren, what shall we do?"

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And Peter said to them,

"Repent, and let each of you be baptized

in the name of Jesus Christ

for the forgiveness of your sins;

and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For the promise is for you and your children,

and for all who are far off,

as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself."

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And with many other words

he solemnly testified

and kept on exhorting them, saying,

"Be saved from this perverse generation!"

So then, those who had

received his word were baptized;

and there were added that day

about three thousand souls.

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And they were continually

devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching

and to fellowship,

to the breaking of bread

and to prayer...
And the Lord was adding to their number

day by day those who were being saved. "

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It was then, that I believe these words that they had previously heard from Jesus began to sink deeper,

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"All authority has been given to Me

in heaven and on earth.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father

and the Son

and the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all

that I commanded you;

and lo, I am with you always,

even to the end of the age."

Matthew 28:18-20

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After reading the scriptures above, join us this week as we look at more that the Holy Spirit does:
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• He gifts!

• He convicts!

• He moves and inspires!

• He is a seal and a pledge!

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