07/06/2022
TOPIC: THE SEASON OF POWER
MEMORY VERSE: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you: and you shall be witness to Me in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.β Acts 1:8
TEXTS: Acts 2:1-4, Joel 2:28, 29; Lk. 24:49; Acts 10:38
I. INTRODUCTION
John the Baptist came and preach; βRepent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.β Matt 3:2. Those who accepted his preaching were baptized with water, but he also preached the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire, this will be done by Jesus during His own ministry. It eventually came to pass after His departure to Heaven.
II. LESSON OUTLINE
A. God of Promise: 2 Pet. 3:4,9
Or God is a God of promise, whatever He will do, He would have promised. By so doing, we live by His promises 2 Pet. 1:4. We are even referred to as children of promise Gal. 4:28. He is also faithful to fulfill His promise Heb. 10:23, He is also the God of fulfill promise! Heb. 6:13-18.
B. The promise of the father: Lk. 24:49; Acts 1:4sed by Him) : Matt. 3:16,17; Acts 10:38
Jesus, even being born of the Holy Spirit Lk. 1:35; Matt 1:19-21, also needed to be full of the Holy Spirit before He started His
The great promise of the father who is a person is the Holy Spirit. He became the promises of the father in the New Testament with the prophecy is the Old Testament Joel. 2:28. He is even referred to as Holy Spirit of promise Eph. 1:13. He is to continue and finished the work Jesus started public ministry. This being filled brought empowerment to Him in all the challenge of the ministry. Jesus, being our perfect example commanded that we must wait for this empowerment also which must be by the Holy Spirit. It came to pass on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-4, Jesus continue to be filled with the Holy Spirit Lk. 1:21-24. This experience is for us also.
C. You must wait for the Holy Spirit: Acts 1:4,5; Lk. 24:49
When you hear the gospel and you repent, you mus