Istrouma Baptist Church Ascension: Acts, January 14, 2024

Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
Jan 14, 2024

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January 14 l Acts
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What To Do While You Wait
Slide Acts 1:12-20

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬-‭20‬‬
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.” (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) “For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’

1. Obey what you already know.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬‬
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

2. Devote yourself to prayer in community.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬‬
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭54‬-‭56‬‬
and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

3. Do your due diligence.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭23‬-‭25‬‬
And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭16‬-‭17‬‬
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭20‬‬
“For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭33‬‬
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

4. Trust in the sovereignty of God.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬‬
And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.