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THE GREATEST TAG TEAM EVER

“And you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my

witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1-7 is about the preaching of gospel in Jerusalem.

Acts 8-12 is about the expansion of the gospel into Judea and Samaria.

Acts 13-28 record the expansion of the Gospel throughout the Roman world.

How do we do that in our world today?

We use the strategy of Jesus, which the early church used to turn their world upside down.

Strategy #1. Every follower of Jesus a witness.

Adolf Harnack, a church historian, concludes this: “We cannot hesitate to believe that the great mission

of Christianity was in reality accomplished by means of informal missionaries.”

“informal missionaries”

Matthew 29:18-20

“AS YOU ARE GOING”

A witness is someone who knows something and tells others about it.

Unfortunately in America we aren’t doing so well in this area.

Strategy #2. We need to know the attributes of the Kingdom of God and work with the Spirit to

make our church mirror those attributes.

1. It is a Spiritual Kingdom.

2. It is a Powerful Kingdom

The word “power” occurs at least seven other times in Acts to describe the working of miracles

alongside gospel proclamation.

Ephesians 3:16-21

3. It is a Kingdom of Truth.

4. It is an International Kingdom.

The desire of Jesus is the EVERY church to reach out to all kinds of people and do two

-love them as Jesus does -tell them about Jesus

If a church is not partnering with this Greatest Tag Team in their Kingdom work, then they are

just playing games!

Let’s get in on the action of the Kingdom by working with the Greatest Tag Team ever!