No Other Kingdom | No Other King
No Other King: “No Other Kingdom”
John 20:2-21, Acts 1:6-2:41
John 20:2-21 pg. 1,687
John 20:2-21 pg. 1,687
v.21 “Again Jesus said, Peace be with you! As the FATHER has SENT ME, I am SENDING YOU.”
God was doing something NEW in the world, FOR the WORLD.
Acts 1:6 pg. 1,690
v.6 “So when THEY met together, they asked Jesus, Lord are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
v.8 “YOU will receive POWER, when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my WITNESSES in JERUSALEM, and in JUDEA and SAMARIA, and to the ENDS OF THE EARTH.”
v. 14 “THEY all joined TOGETHER constantly in PRAYER along WITH the WOMEN and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his BROTHERS.”
“The angel said to them.…I bring you GOOD news that will cause GREAT JOY for ALL people. Today in the Town of David, a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11
2v.7 “Utterly amazed, they asked: Are not all these people who are speaking GALILEANS?
How is it that each of us hears them in our NATIVE language?”
v.12 “Amazed and PERPLEXED, they asked one another, What does this MEAN?”
v.24 “God RAISED Jesus from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was IMPOSSIBLE for DEATH to keep its HOLD on Him.”
v.32 “God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all WITNESSES of the fact.”
v.37 “When the people heard this, they were CUT to the HEART and they said ….what shall we DO?”
v.38 “Peter replied, REPENT and be BAPTIZED, everyone of you, in the NAME of Jesus Christ for the FORGIVENESS of your sins. And you will RECEIVE the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT.”
v.39 “This promise is for YOU and your CHILDREN and for ALL who are FAR OFF; for all who the Lord our God will call.”
Since Pentecost, the one thing that has united all followers of Jesus, we all believe:
Jesus is the CHRIST, the SON of the living GOD.
Jesus ROSE from the dead, and His death PAID for the SINS of the entire WORLD.
God no longer inhabits a BUILDING. Now the God of the universe lives in YOU.