ASCENSION OF CHRIST Acts 1:111

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ASCENSION OF CHRISTActs 11-11

• Characteristics of Ascension
• Public
• Gradual
• Literal
• Essential

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ASCENSION OF CHRIST

• Significance
• Without ascension Christs creditability would be
  in question. John 141-4
• The Holy Spirit would not have come. John
  167-13, Acts 14-5 (slide 4)
• The ascension testifies that Christ is coming
  again. Acts111

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WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

• Holy Spirit marks the beginning of the Christian
  experience.
• We cannot belong to Christ w/o his Spirit Romans
  89.
• We cannot be united w/Christ w/o his Spirit 1Cor.
  67.
• We cannot be adopted as his children w/o his
  Spirit Romans 814-17, Gal. 46,7.

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WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

• We cannot be in the body of Christ except by the
  baptism in the Spirit 1Cor. 1213.
• The Spirit is the power of our new lives. He
  begins a lifelong change as we become more like
  Christ Ga. 33, Phil. 16.
• The Spirit unifies the Christian community in
  Christ Eph 219-22.
• The Holy Spirit can be experienced by all, and He
  works through all 1Cor. 1211, Eph.44.

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ASCENSION OF CHRIST

• Significance continued
• The ascension marked the end of His voluntary
  limitations. John 175, Philippians 25-11
• The ascension marked the beginning of His
  exaltation. Ephesians 120-23
• In His ascension He went on before us, a
  forerunner of his church. Hebrews 620

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ASCENSION OF CHRIST

• Significance continued
• The ascension marked the beginning of His High
  Priestly Ministry. Hebrews 414-16, 620
• The ascension marked the beginning of His
  Headship over the church. Colossians 115-20

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ASCENSION OF CHRIST

• The importance of the ascension.
• To the believer.
• To the unbeliever.