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Intro:
Today, as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, I want to speak on the subject of, [I Want to See You Again].
As a child, I always wanted to see God.
I always wondered how He looked.
We would sing about Him in our services, and I was always curious what it would be like to see God.
Quickly my dreams were stifled as I was informed that no one could see God and live.
So, I realized that I couldn’t see God, but I thought maybe I can see Jesus.
From my earliest memories in Sunday School, there was always some picture of Jesus in our lesson.
But it confused me because every picture of Jesus looked different.
So I was still convinced that I hadn’t seen God.
Until one day mom came home and told us that she received an email.
In the email was a picture, at first glance if was a big black inkblot that didn’t look like much of anything.
But there were three dots in the center of the picture.
If we looked at the three dots for thirty seconds, and looked away, we would be able to “see” Jesus.
I tried and it really did work.
It wasn’t a picture, but in front of me, I saw an image of Jesus.
I was so excited, that I went to the bathroom and took the picture with me.
I filled the bathtub up with six inches of water and I looked at the picture for thirty seconds.
Once I saw the face of Jesus, I stepped in the bathtub fully expecting to walk on water.
Guess what?
I sunk.
I am just glad it was six inches and not six feet of water!
After a while, it hit me, I may not see Jesus on earth right now, but there will come a day when Jesus will return and we will see Him face to face!
The New Testament church had this expectation.
They longed for the day when they would see Jesus again.
Their longing, while similar to ours, was somewhat different.
As Luke begins to tell the story of the early church through the book of Acts, he shares just how confident they were in His second coming.
After Jesus spent forty days with them, speaking of things pertaining to the Kingdom, His assignment on earth was complete for the time being and He ascended to heaven.
We know the rest of the story, but for those who watched Him disappear out of sight, they stood staring into heaven.
They believed that He would return, so they waited.
They waited so long, staring into the sky that God sent two angels to speak to them.
They explained that Jesus would return just as He said, but for the time being, they had work to do.
The desire to see Jesus again fueled the church to turn the then known world upside down.
My prayer for this morning is that we look at see how the New Testament church kept the desire to see Jesus again and how He answered their prayers.
All they knew is Jesus promised to come again.
If going to Jerusalem to wait for the Promise of the Father meant they might see Jesus again, it was worth the wait.
The desire to see Jesus again fueled the church to turn the then known world upside down.
My prayer for this morning is that we look at see how the New Testament church kept the desire to see Jesus again and how He answered their prayers.
Here is the progression I notice, as they wanted to see Him again face-to-face, they began to see Him working through them.
As they kept their eyes on the eternal, Jesus worked through them in the temporal.
I want to look at how the desire to see Him again was pivotal in the first year or two of the church’s growth in the book of Acts!
I want to see you again!
I have three points, [See You Again in Power], [See You Again in Persecution], and [See You Again in Purity].
Let’s begin
1.
See You Again in Power
Unsure of the future, the followers of Christ returned to Jerusalem where they waited in the Upper Room.
They knew they were to wait, but they did not know what would happen when they waited.
Unsure of the future, the followers of Christ returned to Jerusalem where they waited in the Upper Room.
They knew they were to wait, but they did not know what would happen when they waited.
All they knew is Jesus promised to come again.
If going to Jerusalem to wait for the Promise of the Father meant they might see Jesus again, it was worth the wait.
I love the faith of those who wanted to see Him again.
In this group was Mary the Mother of Jesus, His brothers, His disciples, and those He effected on earth.
They were diligent.
They waited on the unknown.
They did know know what would accompany the coming of the Spirit, it was something they had to experience.
Finally after ten days of waiting, they gathered together to pray and at 9:00 am they began to hear a noise.
The noise grew into the sound of a rushing wind.
They looked around at the other people gathered and saw fire on top of each of their heads.
When they opened their mouths to speak, their native language turned into a language of heaven!
They felt the same power they felt when Jesus walked the earth.
Except now this power was IN them.
I imagine at that point things began to make sense.
They received the necessary power to witness.
Perhaps they remembered the words of Jesus in
Because of their intense desire to see Jesus again, they were obedient to Jesus’ instructions.
Peter stood, faced the people outside and preached to them about Jesus’ coming and His grace!
3,000 people accepted Him, were baptized in water, and filled with His power.
From there the church went forward with a singular focus, we want to see Him again, and when we do, we want Him to find us working!
A few days later, Peter and John went to the Temple to worship.
As they arrived, they saw a man who lame, he had not walked his entire life.
Knowing they had power from heaven, Peter and John prayed with authority, trusting God to heal the man who begged for money.
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Suddenly, they began to notice a progression.
Because we want to see Him again, He is showing Himself real through us!
They saw the things Jesus did while He was on earth, but it happened through them!
They began to see Jesus through the power He gave them.
This power led to...
2. See You Again through Persecution
Because God’s people preached the name of Jesus and His resurrection, it bothered the religious leaders.
They worked for three-and-a-half years to silence Jesus.
They thought they stopped Him, but now His followers and declaring His name with power.
They preached, He died, He rose from the dead, and very soon, we will see Him again!
With intense fervor the religious leaders arrested Peter and John.
they only problem?
The number of believers had grown to 5,000 people.
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Furthermore, they did not have legal basis to charge them.
They made them wait overnight and the next morning, Peter and John stood in the same place Jesus stood when He was questioned by the High Priest.
The intimidation tactic did not work.
It only prompted Peter and John to declare the death, burial, and resurrection.
They went as far to declare that there is salvation in NO other name than the name of Jesus!
The persecution should have scared Jesus’ followers.
But nothing scared them, not imprisonment, not threats, and not even death.
As one eloquent speaker explained, ‘you can’t kill a dead man.’
They had died to the things of this world, their hope and confidence was in Christ.
If they took their lives, no problem, they would get to see Jesus sooner than later.
If they took their lives, no problem, they would get to see Jesus sooner than later.
Knowing they could not stop Peter and John, they threatened them, commanding them to NEVER speak in the name of Jesus.
What was their response?
Acts 4:
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