EMPOWERED

ACT 2

EMPOWERED ACTS 2

• TO INTRODUCE POWER INTO A SYSTEM MADE TO OPERATE ON OR WITH THAT POWER

• ELECTRICITY & YOUR HOME BREAKER BOX

• GASOLINE & THE COMBUSTION ENGINE IN YOUR CAR

• HUMANS AND THE DIRECT SPIRITUAL PRESENCE OF GOD

EMPOWERED: GOD IN US

• HISTORY RETURNED TO NORMAL AT PENTECOST. ACTS 2:1

• THE PNEUMA [WIND/SPIRIT] OF GOD RETURNED. ACTS 2:2

• HE EMPOWERS US TO DO WHAT WE WERE MADE TO DO…

• FIRE [LIVE OBEDIENTLY] ACTS 2:3

• TONGUES [MINISTER CONTEXTUALLY] ACTS 2:4-13

GOD HAS EMPOWERED US

• 2 OLD TESTAMENT WORD PICTURES

• BURNING BUSH [MOSES]– AFLAME BUT NOT CONSUMED

• FIRE FELL FROM HEAVEN [ELIJAH] – THE FIRE BURNS EVEN IF THE WOOD’S WET

POSITIONED

• HOME ON YOUR LAND, YOUR CAR ON THE ROAD, YOUR SAILBOAT ON THE SEA [EMPOWERED & POSITIONED]

• GOD’S CHILDREN ARE POSITIONED TO SHOW GOOD NEWS & TELL GOOD NEWS!

• TONGUES SHOWED THAT GOD CARED ACTS 2:6-13

• PETER’S MESSAGE TOLD HOW GOD CARED ACTS 2:14-36

GOD HAS POSITIONED US

• TO SHOW OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND OTHERS THAT CROSS OUR PATH THAT GOD CARES

• TO TELL HOW GOD HAS PROVIDED SALVATION THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST AND HOW GOD HAS EMPOWERED BELIEVERS AS HIS WITNESSES

SENT TO MAKE DISCIPLES

[MATTHEW 28:19]

JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES THAT HE WAS SENDING THEM THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WOULD EMPOWER THEM

ONCE EMPOWERED, THEY WERE TO GO [SHOWING & TELLING THE GOOD NEWS]. THEY WERE TO BAPTIZE THOSE WHO BELIEVED [PUBLIC IDENTIFICATION WITH THE DEATH &

RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST] AND THEY WERE TO TEACH THOSE WHO BELIEVED ALL THE THINGS JESUS DID

AND SAID AS PART OF GOD’S GOOD NEWS.

SENT TO MAKE DISCIPLES

ACTS 2:38-41

PETER FOLLOWED THE LORD’S INSTRUCTIONS

THE CHURCH ASSEMBLED

ACTS 2:42-47.

• TEACHING [ALL THINGS] & FELLOWSHIP

• GOD ANSWERED PRAYER MIRACULOUSLY AT TIMES

• BELIEVERS GAVE GENEROUSLY TO SHOW & TELL GOOD NEWS

• BELIEVERS ENJOYED COMMUNION & MEALS TOGETHER 

• THE NUMBER OF BELIEVERS GREW.

ACTS 2

EMPOWERED

TO LIVE OBEDIENTLY & MINISTER CONTEXTUALLY

POSITIONED

TO SHOW & TELL GOOD NEWS

MAKING DISCIPLES OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE

AND ASSEMBLING REGULARLY