Tag: Equipping

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.