As we enter the book of Acts, we witness Christ’s miraculous building of his Church. In Acts 1, Jesus gives the disciples their mission and the mission of the Church. He tells them that, although he will not reveal to them when he will return, he will send them the Comforter, the Holy Spirit. Christ has previously taught on the coming of the Spirit, recorded in John 14-16, telling the disciples that the Helper or Comforter will come to give the disciples assurance of their message and standing before God, give them the words to say when faced with persecution, and convict the world of their sin and need for a Savior. Throughout the book of Acts, we see that the Church is completely dependent on the power of the Spirit.
Category: What is the Church?
The Shepherd's Sheep
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The Church According to Jesus
The Church is a vital part of the New Testament. After all, Jesus himself gave the Church its mission (Matthew 28:16–20), Acts contains a plethora of references to the Church, and Paul wrote most of his letters to churches throughout the known world. Even the final book of the New…