Sunday Morning April 26, 2015 at the Heritage Addition church of Christ located in Booneville, AR

1. The Beginning
Heritage Addition church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, April 26, 2015
Lesson Text: Acts 2:1-4

2. Often we just follow along…
Mat 7:13-14 ESV "Enter by the narrow gate. For
the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to
destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
(14) For the gate is narrow and the way is hard
that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

3. The church is the Kingdom
Dan 2:44 NKJV And in the days of these kings the God of
heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed;
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall
break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall
stand forever.
Mar 9:1 ESV And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there
are some standing here who will not taste death until they see
the kingdom of God after it has come with power."

4. The church is the Kingdom
Act 1:8 NKJV But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth."
Col 1:13 NKJV He has delivered us from the power of
darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His
love,
Read Acts 2:1-4

5. Occurred According to Prophecy
1. Already seen a glimpse of Daniel 2
2. Isa 2:2-3 NKJV Now it shall come to pass in the
latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And
shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall
flow to it. (3) Many people shall come and say,
"Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will
teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of
the LORD from Jerusalem.

6. Occurred According to Prophecy
Joe 2:28-32 NKJV "And it shall come to pass afterward That
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions. (29) And also on My
menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My
Spirit in those days. (30) "And I will show wonders in the
heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
(31) The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon
into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day
of the LORD. (32) And it shall come to pass That whoever
calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount
Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the
LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.

7. God Planned for the Church
Eph 3:9-11 NKJV and to make all see
what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the ages has
been hidden in God who created all
things through Jesus Christ; (10) to the
intent that now the manifold wisdom of
God might be made known by the church
to the principalities and powers in the
heavenly places, (11) according to the
eternal purpose which He accomplished
in Christ Jesus our Lord,

8. God Gave the Keys to Man
Matthew 16:16-19 NASB Simon Peter answered, “You are
the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus said to
him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and
blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in
heaven. 18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this
rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not
overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of
heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been
bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have
been loosed in heaven.”

9. God Paid for the Church
John 3:16,17
Act 20:28 NKJV Therefore take heed to
yourselves and to all the flock, among which
the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to
shepherd the church of God which He
purchased with His own blood.

10. Originated With Power
Act 1:8 NKJV But you shall receive
power when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you; and you shall be witnesses to
Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Act 2:14-16 NKJV But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who
dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my
words. (15) For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it
is only the third hour of the day. (16) But this is what was
spoken by the prophet Joel:

11. Open Invitation
Act 2:22-24 NKJV "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus
of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles,
wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your
midst, as you yourselves also know— (23) Him, being
delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of
God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and
put to death; (24) whom God raised up, having loosed the
pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be
held by it.

12. Open Invitation
Act 2:32-36 NKJV This Jesus God has raised up, of which
we are all witnesses. (33) Therefore being exalted to the
right hand of God, and having received from the Father the
promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you
now see and hear. (34) "For David did not ascend into the
heavens, but he says himself: 'THE LORD SAID TO MY
LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, (35) TILL I MAKE
YOUR ENEMIES YOUR FOOTSTOOL." ' (36) "Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made
this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

13. Open Invitation
Act 2:37-39 NKJV Now when they heard this, they were cut
to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,
"Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (38) Then Peter said
to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (39) For the promise is to
you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many
as the Lord our God will call."

14. Open Invitation
Act 2:40-41 NKJV And with many other words he testified
and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse
generation." (41) Then those who gladly received his word
were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were
added to them.