until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
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… about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. During the 40 days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time and he proved to them in many ways he was actually alive and he talked to them about the kingdom of God. Okay, we'll stop there. Here's point number one, if you're taking notes. Before you can change the world, you yourself must first be changed. Before you can change the world, you must first be changed. Look at verse three. During the 40 days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles. They had their lives changed when they saw Jesus risen from the dead. See, they never thought they would see Jesus again when they looked at his beaten, traumatized body hanging on the cross of Calvary. But Jesus rose again. And appeared many times over a 40 day period. …
week we've been looking at why Christmas is Christmas we looked at why Christmas in Bethlehem All of these things are biblical facts, biblical mandates. That means that the Bible spoke about these things in advance. So were those prophecies fulfilled? And the answer to this is yes. That Christmas has a message. We looked at all of these from the Old Testament. That Christmas has a purpose. We looked at number five in our study. That Christmas had a unique hostility to it. That Christ came into the world. That Christ's mission, the baby born in Bethlehem, was none other than the king who would wage a war against Satan for the salvation of your soul. That Christmas has a perfect identity, that if you really want to double down and prove to yourself once and for all that Jesus Christ is in fact who the Bible says he is, you can find that out for sure. You can stop listening to people and find out for yourself that the very one who is the choice curse word of the world just happens to be the very exact one whom the Bible says he is. …
… The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. Until the day in which he was taken up, after he, through the Holy Spirit, had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen. to whom he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs being seen by them during 40 days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And all God's people said amen to that. You may be seated. I just love the wording of all of that. And for good reason. When the Bible here tells us, by many infallible proofs, the word many here, we're just going to dive right into this. The word many, if you look at it, the word pulos in Greek is in abundance, like many. But the word is abundantly, in abundance, many as in the extreme, in the greatest amount of, or in an overwhelming amount of numbers that is of report. many infallible truths. …
The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. Until the day in which he was taken up, after he, through the Holy Spirit, had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen. to whom he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during 40 days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And all God's people said, Amen. You may be seated, everybody. And as we're looking at the theme, why, it's not so much that we're asking a question, we're answering a statement. And what we're looking at tonight is building upon these many infallible proofs. And I just love the certainty of all of that. And the great apostle Paul was called by God to be a minister to the Gentiles. We know that. We've been studying the book of Romans on Sundays. But also we remember that Peter is the apostle that is called to the Jewish believers. …
That's why this series is themed. Why? That's where I got it from. Many infallible proofs. If you're a skeptic or an atheist today, listen up carefully. Here is Theophilus who commissions Luke to go find out. I want you to take inventory of all the information that's available. I'm going to pay you to go do that. You go out there and you do reporting. Be an investigative reporter. And he goes out and for some period of time, we do not know how long. It was probably a great length of time. He began to interview those who were the closest eyewitness accounts of the things concerning the events of Jesus' life. now obviously Luke is writing this after Jesus Christ had been crucified but you say well Jack we're talking about Christmas yes exactly right but Luke would have interviewed all those that he could get to that were around or maybe young at that time and all along that episode or that journey and that's a good thing for you and I because the life of Jesus Christ is something that only an ignorant individual would deny. …