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[4260.06 --> 4266.50] but I found myself trying to imagine what Jesus' mood was in this 40-day period
[4266.50 --> 4268.10] between resurrection and ascension.
[4268.86 --> 4270.06] Like, what was his disposition?
[4271.06 --> 4274.00] What was his facial expression while he was teaching
[4274.00 --> 4276.56] and revealing his body in his resurrected form?
[4277.32 --> 4279.44] This is my hunch.
[4279.66 --> 4280.48] I can't prove this.
[4280.54 --> 4281.38] There's not a verse on this.
[4281.38 --> 4284.36] We do know that leading up to his death, Jesus was in agony.
[4284.54 --> 4288.74] Garden of Gethsemane, he's in anguish that the cup of judgment of God's coming his way.
[4288.84 --> 4290.64] He knows how brutal crucifixion is.
[4290.88 --> 4292.90] He asks for the cup to pass him.
[4294.06 --> 4297.76] But then we get to this period where he's in a new body, his resurrected body.
[4298.10 --> 4299.26] He's with his disciples.
[4299.52 --> 4300.72] He's preaching about the kingdom.
[4300.86 --> 4305.74] And I have a feeling that Jesus was filled with joy.
[4305.74 --> 4311.62] That as he showed his body to his disciples and stunned them, brought joy to their lives,
[4311.66 --> 4313.26] as he teaches about the arrival of the kingdom,
[4313.48 --> 4317.74] he is so full of joy because the work is finished.
[4318.80 --> 4320.04] He defeated Satan.
[4320.60 --> 4322.40] He forgave the power of sin.
[4322.82 --> 4324.92] He overcame death.
[4325.64 --> 4328.84] And he gets to show all his disciples how it's true for him,
[4328.84 --> 4332.28] and by faith it's true for them that they get resurrection life.
[4333.66 --> 4335.74] And Jesus knows what they don't yet know,
[4336.10 --> 4339.04] that in just a few weeks' time, as he ascends to go be with his father
[4339.04 --> 4343.14] and rule over the creation, that he's going to send the spirit.
[4344.02 --> 4347.36] And the spirit is going to fill those disciples with the power of the resurrection.
[4347.68 --> 4351.40] It's going to give them the same life that he had so they can do what he did,
[4351.60 --> 4352.74] they can live how he lived,
[4352.74 --> 4355.40] and they can demonstrate to the world the life of the kingdom
[4355.40 --> 4359.22] by the infilling, empowering work of God the Spirit.
[4360.80 --> 4362.04] In fact, I want to read for you a quote.
[4362.28 --> 4364.34] I told Jonathan I wasn't going to steal this from him,
[4364.40 --> 4366.64] and here I am in real time, honestly admitting,
[4366.94 --> 4368.52] I'm stealing a quote from next week.
[4369.50 --> 4373.64] It's from Augustine, a famous, very significant writer in Western Christian history.
[4374.16 --> 4375.96] And he's sort of imagining the ascension.
[4376.08 --> 4376.62] He writes this.
[4376.62 --> 4376.90] He says,
[4376.90 --> 4390.90] That's Jesus.
[4392.00 --> 4393.88] Jesus knows that he ascends to the Father.
[4393.96 --> 4396.56] He's going to send the spirit that will equip, empower,
[4396.76 --> 4399.86] and enable his disciples to do the very thing he did.
[4400.08 --> 4401.16] And what's Luke writing about?
[4401.16 --> 4401.56] He says,
[4401.56 --> 4405.46] That's what Jesus continues to do through the church,
[4405.90 --> 4407.44] by the power of the Spirit.
[4408.26 --> 4411.32] And I think that gives Jesus a whole lot of joy.
[4414.00 --> 4417.80] Now there's two things I want to focus on as we bring this sermon to a close.
[4419.44 --> 4420.54] The first is this.
[4420.62 --> 4424.90] I think Jesus spends 40 days revealing his resurrected body
[4424.90 --> 4430.70] to give his disciples confidence that he is alive.
[4431.16 --> 4436.08] And everything the scriptures foretold, everything he has taught, everything he has done has come true
[4436.08 --> 4438.88] and has been proved and sealed by his resurrection.
[4439.72 --> 4444.18] He wants his church to have confidence that he appeared to Mary, he appeared to the disciples,
[4444.18 --> 4446.88] he appeared to the 500, he appeared to Paul.
[4447.24 --> 4451.18] And maybe I should add, he keeps appearing.
[4452.94 --> 4454.04] Do you believe that?
[4454.46 --> 4458.92] Yes, not in his resurrected body the way that he did for the 500 in 1 Corinthians 15.
[4458.92 --> 4465.82] But Jesus keeps showing up and powerfully, mysteriously, through his spirit, bringing you and me to a place of saying,
[4466.18 --> 4472.96] I believe, I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord according to the scriptures, that he died and was raised according to the scriptures
[4472.96 --> 4474.66] and that he brought the kingdom of God.
[4474.96 --> 4481.46] Our very gathering this morning is proof of the power of Jesus even today.
[4481.82 --> 4482.52] Don't you think?
[4482.52 --> 4489.36] One of the things that I love is when people share, even in our church, their testimonies.
[4489.42 --> 4492.68] Whether it's baptism, I see Caden over there, or professions of faith.
[4492.76 --> 4496.32] We have some of our students sharing their professions of faith in just a few weeks' time.
[4496.96 --> 4499.48] And whenever you hear testimony, you hear ordinary life, right?
[4499.92 --> 4505.44] Someone growing up, struggling with things, having family members, friends that run into a youth pastor.
[4505.56 --> 4506.66] They see this very ordinary life.
[4506.66 --> 4511.82] And yet, through all those ordinary conversations, the prayers of grandparents, the teacher that they had that cared for them,
[4512.18 --> 4513.32] Jesus shows up.
[4513.96 --> 4517.38] And they don't tell the story saying, and therefore, I just figured out what I want to.
[4517.44 --> 4524.06] No, it's like, I've come to faith in Jesus by his word, through worship, through a friend, through a conversation, through suffering.
[4524.40 --> 4525.66] Jesus keeps appearing.
[4527.08 --> 4529.68] Your own story is a testament to that.
[4530.42 --> 4534.50] The existence of the church is proof of that.
[4534.50 --> 4544.38] And I think we just need to pause and, like, celebrate the gift it is that Jesus has opened your eyes and my eyes to the fact that he's alive.
[4545.24 --> 4547.64] And he's alive and rules over his world.
[4549.14 --> 4558.72] But secondly, and perhaps even more importantly, Jesus, and even Luke, in writing to Theophilus, his intention is bold witness.
[4558.72 --> 4562.36] This is not just some historical details.
[4562.48 --> 4565.16] This is not just a few tidbits of information to tuck away in your brain.
[4565.40 --> 4575.12] The reason Jesus is sharing his body and teaching about the kingdom is so that the church could share the good news with the world.
[4575.12 --> 4587.20] Don't forget that the reason this whole book of Acts was written was to convince this guy named Theophilus that Jesus Christ is Lord.
[4588.04 --> 4589.06] It's the reason he wrote the book.
[4589.90 --> 4591.88] Luke was not content just saying, hey, I'm a doctor.
[4592.00 --> 4593.00] Here's some interesting tidbits.
[4593.00 --> 4603.94] He says, I want you to understand that the person who rose from the dead is alive, rules over his world, and the Spirit of God has sent the church to make known that the kingdom is here.
[4605.10 --> 4606.18] And here's my question.
[4607.42 --> 4609.06] Who is your Theophilus?
[4610.88 --> 4618.64] Luke was taking very seriously the curiosity and the questions of this man, writing very carefully and painstakingly about Jesus.
[4618.88 --> 4620.08] Who's that person for you?
[4620.08 --> 4629.64] You and I do not need to be professional apologists, studying all the evidence for the resurrection, knowing all the historical details so that we can make the best possible argument.
[4630.20 --> 4645.12] But we do, according to 1 Peter 3, have to be able to give a reason for the hope that we have in Jesus with love and respect to anyone who asks us.
[4646.26 --> 4647.12] Do you know that?
[4648.18 --> 4649.10] That's every believer.
[4649.10 --> 4652.10] And I want to suggest to you that all of us have a testimony.
[4652.90 --> 4654.22] All of us have our own story.
[4654.32 --> 4666.00] And maybe that's where you start, saying, I can't answer every question about every book in the Bible, but I can tell you how I came to know Jesus, how I came to trust his word, how I came to believe that in him is life through the church, through the worship of the church.