Changing Our Focus

Acts 1:1–8 ESV

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 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.”

Viewed Through a Lens

Through Established Theology

The Jewish Lens at the Time

Where Was Their Focus?

Focused On the Physical and Present

Refocus

Where Is Our Focus?

Physical and Present

Refocus

On the Individual Level

On the Here and Now

Stay Focus

Conclusion

The church needs to focus on the preaching, teaching, and application of Biblical truths and standards.

Regardless of the current political, social, or economic trend, we, as individuals, are to focus on Biblical truths and standards and align our lives with them.

As individuals, we ought to engage in the process of molding and changing society so that it aligns Biblical truths and standards.