Power of Gospel: In His Presence

God’s presence brings forth Awe

Awesome God - all to wonderful for us to know truly. We are in awe of God because he is awesome and worth to be feared and loved. Respected is our God because he is God and exalted above the earth, his creation.

God use his people to expand the kingdom

Acts 2:43 NLT

43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders.

Here we learn of the great sings and miracles

Acts 5:12 NLT

12 The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 5:12-

All the believer were meeting regularly at the Temple.

They were seeing the apostles do great things.

The power of God is being demonstrated in great ways before the Lord.

The negative nonbelieving people missed out in God’s power.

Acts 5:14 NLT

14 Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women.

God adds on to his church

More people believed in God through the:

Teaching

Preaching

Worship

Prayer

Service

The church doing kingdom work.

Kingdom work makes room for the power of the Lord.

The Lord wants to show us his great power.

Psalm 46

Psalm 46:10 NLT

10 “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.”

God shows us his power in our service.

Acts 5:14 NLT

14 Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women.

Those who are desperate to know him seek him.

Those who want to know healing and redemption come to him.

God’s powerful love calls us into his presence and repentance.

Your service for the kingdom will draw others.

That is the power of the Gospel.

Power of the church shows healing.

Acts 5:15 NLT

15 As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by.

Acts 5:15–16 NLT

15 As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by. 16 Crowds came from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

Why did they come from all these other places?

What was being offered there nowhere else could do?

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What can you experience in the presence of God?

Healing

Redemption

Liberty(freedom of bondage)

Salvation

Jesus frees us from the subjection of the evil.

Come into his presence

Come all who are weak and weary.

Matthew 11:28–29 NLT

28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Come all the sick and ill for Jesus is calling for you. He sent his apostles to seek for such lost sheep.

Matthew 10:5–8 NLT

5 Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans, 6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep. 7 Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!

Come to the living water all who thirst.