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2. The Spirit Driven Church Part I Pastor Joe Pursch Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, April 22, 2012

3. The Spirit Driven Church Part I Pastor Joe Pursch Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, April 22, 2012

4. 4 CGBC Vision: 薪火相傳，為基督改變這個世代。 學效基督的品格、事奉和使命， 透過建立新一代的門徒領袖，

5. 04.22.20125 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

6. 04.22.20126 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

7. 04.22.20127 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

8. 04.22.20128 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

9. 04.22.20129 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

10. 04.22.201210 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

11. 04.22.201211 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

12. 04.22.201212 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,

13. 04.22.201213 Acts 1:1-11 (ESV) 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

14. 04.22.201214 I.The Spirit Driven Church _______ In The Power Of His Spirit. Walks

15. 04.22.201215 Acts 1:1-8a (ESV) 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

16. 04.22.201216 Acts 1:1-8a (ESV) 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

17. 04.22.201217 Acts 1:1-8a (ESV) 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

18. 04.22.201218 Acts 1:1-8a (ESV) 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

19. 04.22.201219 Acts 1:1-8a (ESV) 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

20. 04.22.201220 Acts 1:1-8a (ESV) 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

21. 04.22.201221 John 14:16-17 (ESV) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

22. 04.22.201222 John 15:26-27 (ESV) 26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

23. 04.22.201223 John 16:7-15 (ESV) 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

24. 04.22.201224 John 16:7-15 (ESV) 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

25. 04.22.201225 John 16:7-15 (ESV) 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

26. 04.22.201226 John 16:7-15 (ESV) 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

27. 04.22.201227 John 16:7-15 (ESV) 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

28. 04.22.201228 John 16:7-15 (ESV) 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

29. 04.22.201229 John 7:39 (ESV) 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

30. 04.22.201230 Romans 8:9 (ESV) 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

31. 04.22.201231 Acts 2:32-33 (ESV) 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

32. 04.22.201232 Ephesians 5:18 (ESV) 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

33. 04.22.201233 II.The Spirit Driven Church ___________ To The Truth Of His Cross Witnesses

34. 04.22.201234 Acts 1:8b (ESV) 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

35. 04.22.201235 Luke 24:46-49 (ESV) 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

36. 04.22.201236 Luke 24:46-49 (ESV) 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

37. 04.22.201237 III.The Spirit Driven Church _______ With The Promise Of His Return Works

38. 04.22.201238 Acts 1:9-11 (ESV) 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

39. 04.22.201239 Acts 1:9-11 (ESV) 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,

40. 04.22.201240 Acts 1:9-11 (ESV) 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

41. 04.22.201241 Luke 19:13 (ESV) 13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’

42. 04.22.201242 2 Peter 3:11-14 (ESV) 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

43. 04.22.201243 2 Peter 3:11-14 (ESV) 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

44. 04.22.201244 2 Peter 3:11-14 (ESV) 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

45. 04.22.201245 1 Thessalonians 5:1 (ESV) 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.

46. 04.22.201246 Conclusion CGBC’s Values: World Missions: We value global evangelization. Evangelism: We aspire to be a locally evangelistic church.