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The first sentence of Acts gives us a very important outlook.
It's one of the most important things about the whole book which is now beginning Acts.
It is all about what Jesus is continuing to do and teach.
The mysterious presence of Jesus is all through this whole story.
He is announced as king and Lord not as an increasingly distant memory but as a living and powerful reality a person who can be known and loved obeyed and followed a person who continues to act within the real world.
Thus he says at the end of the great commission I will be with you always.
In the first couple verses Luke is telling us that Acts is the sequel or the second part of Luke.
So this is not two separate stories it is one story and Acts is what happened after the 40 days Jesus spent with the disciples post resurrection.
Verse 2 tells us that Luke wrote everything down until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit.
What instructions is Luke referring to?
And why did he say through the Holy Spirit?
The instructions he’s talking about is the Great Commission.
The reason he specifically says “through the Holy Spirit” is because the Holy Spirits role in the trinity is to help us in many different ways but the main one is He helps us witness.
He is always pointing us to Jesus.
So we see this and it is the last thing Jesus is telling the disciples and us also.
In Matthew we see the very first thing Jesus says to a couple of the disciples
So the first thing Jesus tells them is follow me and I’m going to make you a witness for Jesus Christ.
The last thing he tells them in Matthew vs. 18 is that All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
The definition of Commissioning is; give an order or authorize the production of something
So Jesus is telling them that he has the authority and with that authority he’s authorizing us to produce disciples of Jesus Christ.
So when we are going down the road and we get pulled over by a cop we yield and pull over not because of the man or woman who is a cop but we pull over because of the fact that he has been given authority by the government.
In the same way Jesus is telling them and us that He has been given all authority on heaven and on earth and he is sending us out to witness with our bibles as a badge under his holy authority.
9 Witnessing for Christ is not something we turn on and off, like a TV set.
Every believer is a witness at all times—either a good one or a bad one.
Warren Wiersbe
So yes he’s authorizing us to witness but that is tied to us having a relationship with him.
Like the quote says it’s not something we turn on or turn off it’s who we are.
So we are all called to be a witness for Jesus.
There’s so many different ways to be a witness so I would suggest you pray about what the best way for you to witness is.
Ok so we’ve established that the instructions Luke is talking about in vs.2 is the Great Commission and it tells us that we are all commissioned to be a witness.
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