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ACTS 1：8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
DYNAMIC WITNESSING
We saw in the first devotion, that we aren't to be worried about when Jesus will come. It's interesting that Jesus hasn't even ascended back to heaven and the disciples are trying to find out when He is returning.
What is the key word here? It is BUT!
Jesus recommissions the disciples. Remember in Matthew 28, He said all power is given in heaven and earth to Him, and now that power was to be given to the Apostles and Disciples.
What would of happened if the disciples had gone directly to the temple and started preaching? Nothing would of happened, because the Holy Spirit wasn't given to them yet!
It's great to look into the Greek here. "Power" is the word dunamis, which is where we get the English word, dynamite. Remember, that we don't just have a message that is powerful, but one that is ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE! A message that shatters nations and empires.
The second Greek word is maturos. This is the word for "witnesses." We get our English word, martyr from this; nearly all the twelve disciples became martrys, all except John.
God had a plan: first the Jews, then Samaria and then the Gentiles. God knows what He's doing and we have to follow His leading.
Notice also that the power was personal, "ye shall receive power," that is still the case today. We have the same power, that dunamis living inside of us. Why is it living inside of us? Because we are to be bold witnesses for Christ; we are to do the same things as the disciples did! They said they were there to tell what they had seen and heard Jesus do. It is our purpose to tell what Jesus has done in our lives.
May we be witnesses just like the disciples were to all Jesus said and did…Amen.
Filled with dynamic power.
GOD BLESS YOU
Chapter 1 verse 8
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.”
IT IS FOR US
This is surely one of the most amazing promises in the whole bible, but so often we think that it was a special anointing that was just for the disciples, it applied for them, but it doesn't apply to us.. now.
But it is truly for us, it for us., right here and now in the 21st century.
The promise still rings true, the same dynamic power that was given to the disciples back in first century Palestine is still available to us, right here and right now.
The promise of power is the same and the commission to reach the world is still the same, some of you will witness in your own backyard, some further afield and some go to the uttermost ends of the earth, wherever you share the gospel, the urgency still stands.
The call to be his witnesses is still the same, you have the Living holy spirit inside of you.
Are you being a witness for him, wherever you are?
God bless you
Keith
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