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Hello boys and girls. (Miss
Ruthie) Welcome back to Starting
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With Jesus. I'm so glad you're
here with us today. Today we
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have an exciting Bible story
because it's a promise to us
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about something that's going to
be happening very soon. So I am
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looking forward to that
with Miss Michelle. And we have
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another exciting activity
time that you won't want to miss
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after Miss Michelle's Bible
story. So make sure to watch for
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that. But before we get to that
let's go and let's sing together
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Hi boys and girls and welcome to
another page in God's great book
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of nature. Do you ever take the
time to look up at the sky. I
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do. (Miss Gloria) And when
I do my thoughts are lifted to
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heavenly things. I start
wondering about heaven and what
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it will be like when we get
there. I picture myself choosing
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the perfect spot for a picnic
with Jesus. Delicious fruit. All
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of the animals would be there.
I would thank Him for everything
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He's done for me and then we'd
take a spin around the universe.
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Um, well the Bible tells us that
no man has ever seen what heaven
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's like but I'm pretty sure it's
going to be really wonderful
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and Jesus has a lot of surprises
for us. We're going to get to
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play with the animals and pick
flowers and nothing will die up
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there. It's
going to be really fun.
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Seems like God has prepared such
wonderful things for us that we
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can't even begin to imagine
but it's still fun the wonder.
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Hmm, what do I think heaven will
be like? I think it will be like
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no pain, no hot,
complete paradise.
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I think it will be
very beautiful and very fun
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for the kids.
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When we go up there
He has something for us.
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I think heaven's going to be
very pretty. I think there are
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going to be lots and lots
of mountains to climb. I think
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there's going to be beautiful
water to swim in. I think there
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are going to be lots of trees.
I think we're going to be able
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to fly.
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Something nice with no
sin and no pain, no suffering.
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Shiny.
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I think that it will be
beautiful colors of gold and
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that we will be able to fly.
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I think that when we get
to heaven then I'll have a new
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names I think when we get
to heaven that it's going to be
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beautiful and that nothing will
die in heaven because I know it
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won't. And the grass will be
beautiful green, better than any
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grass and that's all.
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Hmm, well you know what I
want to do when I get to heaven.
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I want to fly above the clouds
with Jesus and I also want to
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meet Jesus.
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When I get to heaven I want to
climb the tree of life. I'll get
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all the way to the
top and eat the fruit.
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Giggles, I want
to eat everything.
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Go exploring the woods.
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Imagining about heaven is
wonderful but you know what the
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wonderful thing about heaven
will be is that we get to be
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with Jesus for all eternity.
Oh what a day of rejoicing.
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I can't wait.
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When we all get to heaven, What
a day of rejoicing that will be
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When we all see Jesus, We'll
sing and shout the victory.
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When we all get to heaven I hope
to see you there boys and girls
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Until next time, keep looking
for treasures in God's great
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book of nature. Adios.
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Hey everybody. Have you ever had
some really good news that you
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can't wait to share with people.
Well Miss Michelle has some
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really good news that I'm going
to share with you but first
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we're going to pray.
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Dear heavenly Father. Thank
you for loving us, for being the
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awesome, awesome God that
you are. Thank you for your Holy
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Spirit that you have sent to us
to be our Helper and our Guide
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Send your Holy Spirit now.
In your name we pray, amen.
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Well, Miss Michelle, you may be
asking. What is your good news?
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And I'm going to show you a
picture of my good news. Are you
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ready to see a picture?
Does anybody know what that is?
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Maybe your parents have showed
you a picture like this before.
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That's right. It's a baby. It's
a baby and guess where the baby
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is? Growing inside Miss Michelle
We're going to have a baby in
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September. Isn't that exciting.
And it's such good news that I
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just have to tell everyone.
Although if you see me in person
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my stomach will tell you without
me even having to say anything.
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Because the baby's growing.
It's going to be a baby girl and
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we're so excited. That news is
so exciting it makes it really
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easy to tell other people
because we're so excited about
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it. And today we're going to
talk about some more exciting
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news that we should be excited
about telling everyone about as
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well. Jesus had made two
promises to His disciples that
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they had forgotten. Are you
ready to hear what they are?
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The first one is in Matthew
27 verse 63 and it says: Sir we
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remember while He was still
alive that the deceiver said
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after three days I will rise.
Now this was during the Pilot
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trial and these were people who
weren't even believers in Jesus
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yet they had remembered that
Jesus said He would rise again
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after three days. And the
disciples had forgotten that
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fact. What was promise number
two? It's found in Matthew 26
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verse 32; 26 verse 32, let
me flip back a page here, says:
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He was talking with his
disciples at this time before
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His death and He said: But after
I have been raised I will go
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before you to Galilee. So they
even knew about that beach meet
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up with Jesus before He died and
yet they had forgotten those two
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important promises.
Jesus appeared to the disciples
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without Thomas. Remember that?
And then He appeared to lots of
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people in Jerusalem, or they
told lots of people in Jerusalem
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He didn't appear to them right
then but they told everybody
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that they could tell in
Jerusalem and there were still a
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lot of people there because of
Passover, right? And they told
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as many people as possible that
he's going to meet us in Galilee
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Now you can imagine that all the
people wanted to meet the guy
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who had died and yet was alive,
right? Even if they didn't
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believe in Jesus they were very
curious. So many people, in fact
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it says in the Bible at least
500 people came to Galilee for
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that meeting to see and
hear Jesus for themselves. The
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disciples were witnessing
there to the people and actually
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especially Thomas who had since
then seen Jesus was witnessing
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to the people and he said, At
first I didn't believe and now I
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believe and He's alive and
isn't it exciting. And they were
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were telling everything about
Jesus to everybody who was there
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and anyone who would listen
when Jesus appeared to them. And
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that's in Matthew 28 verse 18.
So let's skip over there. Now
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Matthew 28 verse 18 says:
And Jesus came and spoke to them
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saying, All authority has been
given to me in heaven and on
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earth. What does authority mean?
Someone who has a position of
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authority that means they have a
position of power or they have a
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position over other people. And
I can't think of anyone that I'd
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rather have authority over
me than Jesus, right? Jesus was
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both God and man. And we've
talked about that in the past.
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It's a mind-boggling topic
that even an adult can't even
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fathom. In heaven, we're going
to have to have Jesus sit up
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down for a really good
lesson over how on earth that's
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possible right? And He was
the only human to obey the 10
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commandments. And the cool part
is He'll help us to do that. Now
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let's go over to Luke because
our lesson study says something
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important is in Luke 24. Let's
check it out. Luke 24 verses
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46-49 says the following: Then
He said to them Thus it is
written and thus it
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was necessary for Christ to
suffer and rise from the dead
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the third day. And that
repentance and remission of sin
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should be preached in His
name to all nations beginning at
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Jerusalem and you are my
witnesses of these things.
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Behold I send the promise of my
Father upon you but tarry in the
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city of Jerusalem until you are
endued, you are given, the power
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from on high. Jesus said
you're my witnesses, you're my
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missionaries and I'm going
to give you power. Hang out in
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Jerusalem and I'm going to
send power to you. Whoa! I can't
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think of anyone I'd rather get
power from than Jesus, right?
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He was a perfect human and
He died for us. Wow! Died in our
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place. He died in our place. He
longs to live in our hearts and
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He can't wait for us to live
with Him forever. I can't wait
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either, right? Now the gospel,
you may have heard that word a
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lot and maybe you know what
it means and maybe you don't. So
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I'm glad that we're going
to talk about it. The gospel it
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talks about in Matthew 24 verse
14. We read this verse last week
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too. And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached in all
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the world as a witness to
all the nations and then the end
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will come. Now we know that the
end is just the beginning for
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Jesus's followers. But gospel.
I'm going to ask you take out
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the word gospel in that
verse and we're going to put two
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different words in that
describe the meaning. It might
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help you understand it better.
And this good news of the
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kingdom will be preached in all
the world as a witness to all
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the nations and then the end
will come. Does that make more
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sense? That's right. Miss
Michelle's good news pales in
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comparison to the good news of
the gospel of what Jesus did for
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us. Of course, we're excited
about having a new baby in our
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family, but I'm so excited about
the promise and what Jesus has
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done for us. That's like even
better news and we should be
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even more excited about telling
that to other people, right?
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Yep. And that's what Jesus asked
us to do, preach it to all the
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world. Forty days after the
resurrection Jesus and His 11
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disciples were back in Jerusalem
and they came to the Garden of
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Gethsemane. We're going to pick
up this story in the book of
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Acts. That's right. We're moving
out of the gospels and into the
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book of Acts. Dun, dun, dun.
We spent a lot of time in the
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gospels because they're
really important, right? Do you
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remember what the gospels are?
They're the first four books of
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the New Testament, Matthew, Mark
Luke and John. And the gospels
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tell the story of the gospel,
the good news of Jesus, right?
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Acts, the title in my Bible says
Acts of the Apostles. Apostles
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are like followers of Jesus,
right? And Acts of the Apostles
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tells the history of the early
church. All right. We're going
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start in chapter 1. And it says:
Chapter 1 I think is where they
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want us to start. Let me double
check. Yes, 1:1-3: The former
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account I made, O Theophilus, of
all that Jesus began both to do
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and teach until the day in which
He was taken up after He through
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the Holy Spirit had given
commandments to the apostles
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whom He had chosen to whom
He also presented Himself alive
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after His suffering by many
infallible proofs being seen by
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them during 40 days and speaking
of these things pertaining to
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the kingdom of God. So many
infallible proofs. There was no
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way that people could believe
that Jesus wasn't alive. He
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showed up so many times and they
knew in their hearts that Jesus
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was alive. They had seen Him
with their very eyes that He was
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alive. No one could question
that fact. And that's where
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we're going to continue
our story for today. See what
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happens next. Now Jesus came
to the Garden of Gethsemane and
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ascended, or went up, the Mount
of Olives. It was near Bethany
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and we all know that Bethany
was a dear place to our Savior's
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heart. That's where Lazarus,
Martha and Mary lived, His very
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dear disciples, right? And
in verse 8 it says, Jesus says,
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because it's in red letters: But
you shall receive power when the
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Holy Spirit has come upon you
and you shall be witnesses to me
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in Jerusalem, and in all Judea,
and Samaria and to the end of
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the earth. That's right. Now
when He had spoken these things
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while they were watching, what
happens? I don't know if I'm
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supposed to tell you that part
yet. Let me see. I'm going to
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skip ahead. I am! So I'll keep
reading. He was taken up and a
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cloud received Him out of their
sight. So He was raising His
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hands and teaching them, telling
them these things and then He
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started slowly going up, up, up,
up, up, up into the sky. You can
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imagine they just watched
and watched and watched until He
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disappeared into a bright
cloud of angels. Now Jesus had
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promised that they would receive
power when the Holy Spirit comes
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upon you and you shall be my
witnesses in Jerusalem. And they
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believed that. Jesus said in
Matthew, it actually talks about
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this as well in Matthew 28 it
says: Um And Jesus said to them
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Do not be afraid and go and tell
my brethren to go to Galilee
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where they will see me. And
then at the end, it says: All
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authority has been given to
me in heaven and on earth. Go
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therefore and make disciples
of all nations baptizing them in
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the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit, teaching
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them to observe all things that
I have commanded you and lo I am
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with you always even to the
end of the age. Amen. What a
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beautiful promise He left them
with, didn't He? Then out of
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nowhere they heard two very nice
voices. They were talking to
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them. They had been just
watching up into the sky and
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when they heard the voices they
turned and looked and while they
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had steadfastly looked toward
heaven as He went up behold two
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men stood beside them in white
apparel; they had white clothes
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on. And they also said to them,
Men of Galilee, why do you stand
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gazing into heaven. This same
Jesus who is taken from you into
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heaven will so come in like
manner as you saw Him go into
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heaven. The same Jesus. The same
one you ate with, you talked
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with, prayed with, you traveled
with, you listened to and you
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loved and believed. He's
going to come back. What a great
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promise that was for the
disciples wasn't it? Jesus
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promised. They may have
remembered this promise, I hope
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they did at this point. In John
14 verses 1-3, do you remember?
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maybe this has been a memory
text for you in the past. It's a
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beautiful promise. Let not your
hearts be troubled. You believe
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in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many
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mansions and if it were not so I
would not have told you. I go to
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prepare a place for you and if
I go and prepare a place for you
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I will come again and receive
you to myself that where I am
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there you may be also. How
exciting! Maybe they remembered
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that promise as they headed back
to Jerusalem. Jesus had told His
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disciples to wait in Jerusalem
for the Holy Spirit, the Holy
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Spirit power to come. And they
waited there in the upper room.
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But they didn't just wait around
this time. Luke 24 verse 49
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tells us a little bit of what
they were doing while they were
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there. Luke 24 verse 49 says:
Behold I send the promise of my
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Father upon you. But tarry in
the city of Jerusalem until you
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are endued (given) the power
from on high. But Acts 1 verses
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12-14 says: They returned to
Jerusalem from the mount called
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Olivet which is near Jerusalem
a Sabbath day's journey. And
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when they entered they went into
the upper room where they were
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staying; Peter, James,
John, Andrew, Phillip, and
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Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew,
James the son of Alpheus, Simon
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the Zealot and Judas the son of
James. These all continued with
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one accord in prayer and
supplication with the women and
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Mary the mother of Jesus and
with His brothers. They didn't
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just sit around. They prayed and
asked God to be with them. Do
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you think He was going to come?
He sure was, in the form of the
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Holy Spirit. We'll talk about
that next week. See you next
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time. ¤ ¤
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Thank you so much Miss Michelle.
I am so thankful for the promise
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that Jesus is going to come
again. Aren't you? Well it's
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time to look at our questions
from last week and see whether
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we got the answers
right. So let's check it out.
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It's time for our new questions.
Are you ready? Question number
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one: What does the word Gospel
mean? What does Gospel mean?
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Question number two: Who
did Jesus promise to send to the
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disciples after He left? Who
did Jesus promise to send to the
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disciples after He left? And
question number three: What did
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the angels say to the disciples
after Jesus went into heaven?
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What did the angels say to the
disciples after Jesus went to
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heaven? You can send
your answer to us at:
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answers@startingwithjesus.com
and we will give a shout out in
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our program next week. We love
to see your answers and make
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sure to send them to us at
answers@startingwithjesus.com
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Hi kids. Have you ever played
I spy? It's where one person
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chooses an object and gives
clues so that other people can
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guess what that object is. Let's
try it. Ready. I spy with my
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little eye something brown, made
out of wood. It has legs and has
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a back. Did you spy what I spied
If you said bench you're right.
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People can use a bench when
taking the time to observe God's
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nature. Did you know that King
Solomon would take the time to
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observe God's nature too? He
would observe and learn from the
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ants. Oh he learned a lot from
those little guys. You can sit
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on a bench and observe and
learn from nature just like King
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Solomon. (Giggles) Are you ready
for the next one? I spy with my
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little eye something that
you see in the spring and summer
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months. It comes in many colors
and sizes. It's alive and it
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flutters around. Did you
spy what I spied? If you said
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butterfly you're correct.
Butterflies are one of my
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favorite things in nature.
God made things that fly on the
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fifth day of creation and He
made things that creep on the
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ground on the sixth day of
creation. This one creeps but it
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also flies. I wonder on what
day He made it? Take the time to
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study the days of creation and
then go in nature and try and
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find examples of God's creation.
Ready for the last one? I spy
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with my little eye something
that is found on a farm. It has
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wood and metal. It's portable.
That means you can move it
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around. And it's used in the
garden. Did you spy what I spied
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If you said an old tiny plow you
got it. This old tiny tool was
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used in the garden a long time
ago. Sometimes the ground has
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rocks in it and you have to use
a tool to take the rocks out and
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move the ground around so it'll
be soft so when you put in the
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seed the ground is good for
growing. Well God has to do the
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same thing to our hearts so that
when He plants His seed of love
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it can grow. Take the time to
ask God to plow your heart today
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Great job boys and girls. But
I think it's time to end now. I
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spy Miss Ruthie coming up with
some exciting announcements and
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prayer to end
Sabbath School. (Giggles) Bye
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I start with Jesus by
reading my Bible and praying.
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Thank you so much for joining
us today. Let's pray together.
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Our Father in heaven, thank you
so much for your love. Thank you
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that you care about us and that
you are coming again. Thank you
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for the promise that if I go I
will come again and receive you
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unto myself. I am so thankful
Jesus that you are preparing a
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home for us. Help us now to
be preparing our hearts for that
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heavenly home so we can live
with you through eternity. We
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love you Jesus and we thank you.
And help us to share your soon
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coming with our friends and our
neighbors. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thank you so much for
joining. Have a blessed week and
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keep in touch.
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