Our New Life In Christ – The Power Life / The Witness Life

Just a reminder that each of these sayings explains one blessed aspect of our new life with Christ.

6. The Power Life

Luke tells us that Jesus told His disciples,
Acts 1:8 (ESV). “ ..you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

Perhaps Luke is reaching back to what he recorded Jesus saying in Luke 24:49 (ESV) “And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

So, what is the power that we have been given for? It is not a power given for self-indulgence.

It’s the power to carry out any ministry task for which God has called us. Jesus told them to wait because they could not carry out their ministry without His power.

And that leads us to the next aspect of our new life in Christ.

7. The Witness Life

Our new life in Christ is to be a life of testimony.
Acts 1:8 (ESV)
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.”

One of the last things Jesus said to His disciples was this…
Luke 24:45–47 (ESV)
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

This tell us specifically what our witness is to be about.
The FOCUS is Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.
The NEED is for us to be forgiven of our sins.
The REQUIRED RESPONSE is Repentance

John 20:21 (ESV)
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”