Apr. 14, 2024

“The Ascension Story”
Acts 1:9-11
Central Idea: The ascension of Jesus confirms what He has
accomplished, who He is and what He yet has planned for us.
I. The Ascension Acts 1:9-11 (also in Luke 24:50-53)
•Context of Acts 1:1-8
Jesus post-resurrection _______________ with the apostles
culminating with the great commission.
•Jesus ascension ________________ (9-10)
The ___________ as eyewitnesses
“cloud” = the __________ of God
•Jesus ascension ______________ by angels (11)
#1 - Jesus had entered into His ____________ abode
#2 - Jesus would __________ to the earth
•Jesus ascended _______________, __________, _____________,
and ______________, and He will return the same way.
II. The importance and significance of the ascension
1. It ended Christ’s ________________ work (Hebrews 1:3; 10:12)
•The ascension declared His work on the cross was ___________.
The ascension is the final, indisputable, undeniable evidence
that Jesus __________ the work He was sent to do.
2. It ended Christ’s __________________ (Philippians 2:5-11)
•Jesus humbled Himself as He came into this world.
•In the ascension Jesus assumed all of His former __________,
_______________ and is again ___________ on high.
3. It affirmed Christ’s ______________ (John 6:62)
•The ascension would prove His divine __________ and that He
had been sent from God to solve our sin problem.
•If He could ascend (return to heaven) would that not _________
that He indeed had come from heaven?
4. It affirmed Christ’s ministry of ________________ (Romans 8:34)
•“at the right hand of God” = His ascension
•Intercedes for us = _______________ us before the throne of God
•Assures that we are __________
5. It affirmed Christ’s ministry of ________________ (1 John 2:1)
•advocate - _________ in court, mediator, or defense ___________
•intercedes for us when we _____ & prays for us in our ________
6. It affirmed Christ’s _________ to us of the Holy Spirit (John 16:7)
•Unless Jesus returned the Holy Spirit would not ________ to us.
•Without the Holy Spirit we would be a ______________ people.
7. It provides believers w/ the promise of Jesus _______ (John 14:3)
•Jesus will come again - as ____________ as His departure.
•The certainty of Jesus’ return should be a ______________ reality
in the life of God’s people.
8. It provides believers with a _____________ (Acts 1:8)
•There is great ________ to be done as we wait for Jesus to return.
•We are the ________ method God is using to reach people.