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[3720.54 --> 3721.28] we're going to be looking at |
[3721.28 --> 3723.78] how Jesus is our great King. |
[3724.54 --> 3725.44] And if you have a Bible, |
[3725.58 --> 3727.34] you can turn with me to Acts chapter one. |
[3727.66 --> 3728.76] It's also going to be on the screen |
[3728.76 --> 3730.44] if you just want to follow along with me. |
[3731.28 --> 3733.38] It's the first 11 verses of Acts chapter one. |
[3735.96 --> 3738.06] In my former book, Theophilus, |
[3738.14 --> 3740.80] I wrote about all that Jesus began to do |
[3740.80 --> 3743.26] and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven. |
[3743.62 --> 3745.82] After giving instructions to the Holy Spirit, |
[3745.82 --> 3747.18] to the apostles he had chosen. |
[3748.02 --> 3748.90] After his suffering, |
[3748.90 --> 3750.24] he presented himself to them |
[3750.24 --> 3751.98] and gave many convincing proofs |
[3751.98 --> 3753.60] that he was alive. |
[3754.14 --> 3755.02] He appeared to them |
[3755.02 --> 3756.42] over the period of 40 days |
[3756.42 --> 3758.06] and spoke about the kingdom of God. |
[3758.82 --> 3759.40] On one occasion, |
[3759.52 --> 3760.34] while he was with them, |
[3760.38 --> 3761.30] he gave this command, |
[3762.14 --> 3763.16] do not leave Jerusalem, |
[3763.76 --> 3765.94] but wait for the gift my father promised, |
[3766.08 --> 3767.72] which you have heard me speak about. |
[3768.20 --> 3769.82] For John baptized with water, |
[3769.94 --> 3770.94] but in a few days, |
[3771.34 --> 3773.48] you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. |
[3774.58 --> 3775.62] So when they met together, |
[3775.62 --> 3776.74] they asked him, |
[3776.78 --> 3778.00] Lord, are you at this time |
[3778.00 --> 3780.08] going to restore the kingdom to Israel? |
[3780.96 --> 3781.58] He said to them, |
[3781.58 --> 3783.04] it's not for you to know the times |
[3783.04 --> 3784.38] and the dates the father has set |
[3784.38 --> 3785.66] by his own authority, |
[3786.50 --> 3788.10] but you will receive power |
[3788.10 --> 3789.84] when the Holy Spirit comes on you |
[3789.84 --> 3792.56] and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem |
[3792.56 --> 3794.62] and all Judea and Samaria |
[3794.62 --> 3796.52] and to the ends of the earth. |
[3797.34 --> 3798.16] After he said this, |
[3798.20 --> 3799.98] he was taken up before their very eyes |
[3799.98 --> 3801.94] and a cloud hid him from their sight. |
[3801.94 --> 3804.70] They were looking intently up into the sky |
[3804.70 --> 3805.46] as he was going |
[3805.46 --> 3807.38] when suddenly two men dressed in white |
[3807.38 --> 3808.78] stood beside them. |
[3809.56 --> 3810.92] Men of Galilee, they said, |
[3811.04 --> 3813.42] why do you stand here looking into the sky? |
[3813.82 --> 3816.64] The same Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven |
[3816.64 --> 3819.12] will come back in the same way |
[3819.12 --> 3821.14] you have seen him go into heaven. |
[3821.56 --> 3822.48] This is God's word. |
[3825.28 --> 3827.00] Well, I mentioned on Friday night |
[3827.00 --> 3828.64] that a number of years ago, |
[3828.82 --> 3829.88] for a few years, |
[3829.88 --> 3832.62] I led a Bible study for international students. |
[3833.04 --> 3834.96] My church, where's New West CRC? |
[3835.54 --> 3836.58] My church, New West. |
[3836.64 --> 3837.08] There we are. |
[3837.14 --> 3837.96] My former church. |
[3838.34 --> 3839.56] We had a number of students |
[3839.56 --> 3841.24] who are part of Simon Fraser University |
[3841.24 --> 3843.58] and they were just sort of learning English, |
[3843.76 --> 3845.36] learning what Christianity was about. |
[3845.44 --> 3846.60] And a number of them were saying, |
[3846.72 --> 3847.86] we'll do a Bible study. |
[3847.96 --> 3850.78] So we had a student from Iraq, Iran, China, |
[3850.92 --> 3853.34] and Japan in that Bible study. |
[3853.94 --> 3855.68] And I remember very vividly, |
[3855.76 --> 3857.86] near the end of our study on the book of Mark, |
[3857.86 --> 3860.10] we were talking about the death and resurrection of Jesus, |
[3860.28 --> 3863.10] like my most favorite thing to talk about. |
[3863.60 --> 3865.66] And there's a lot of questions around, |
[3865.78 --> 3867.44] like how did the resurrection happen, |
[3867.72 --> 3869.36] what to make of it, what it means. |
[3869.62 --> 3872.28] And then there's this Japanese student named Naoko. |
[3873.20 --> 3875.28] She didn't say much with the whole Bible study |
[3875.28 --> 3876.50] until the very end. |
[3876.64 --> 3878.18] And this was her question. |
[3878.50 --> 3879.28] She said, |
[3879.28 --> 3883.40] where is Jesus right now? |
[3883.88 --> 3885.70] And what is he doing? |
[3886.88 --> 3888.38] Isn't that such a good question? |
[3888.88 --> 3889.76] And I remember like, |
[3889.86 --> 3891.28] not prepared for that, by the way. |
[3891.30 --> 3891.82] And I'm just like, |
[3891.88 --> 3893.00] I bumbled out an answer. |
[3893.20 --> 3895.88] But before I even say anything about this question, |
[3896.14 --> 3897.98] what would you say to someone |
[3897.98 --> 3899.16] who is not a Christian, |
[3899.40 --> 3900.52] did not grow up in the church, |
[3900.54 --> 3901.66] who asked you the question, |
[3902.28 --> 3904.10] where is Jesus right now? |
[3905.00 --> 3906.68] And what is he doing? |
[3908.12 --> 3909.70] That's what we're going to explore this morning |
[3909.70 --> 3911.00] as we look at Acts 1 |
[3911.00 --> 3913.62] and a few other verses about Jesus. |
[3913.86 --> 3915.32] And I'll just give you a brief overview |
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