A witness is a person who has been so touched, so powerfully, deeply moved by the reality of the living Jesus Christ,

sweeping their sins away and inhabiting their heart so that there is absolutely no sense of doubt any more than that there's

light outside that window or there's a pulpit here in front of me and you speak with the

kind of confidence of one who knows who has tasted and seen.

What does it mean for a witness to be clothed with power.

That's the question John Piper answers

from Acts 1, 6 to 14 in this episode of Light and Truth.

This sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church on September 30th 1990.

Today, beginning at verse 6, I want us to look at what the disciples thought when they heard

this promise of the baptism with the Holy Spirit and then how Jesus

slightly corrected them and what the implications of this correction are for us. Here's their response in verse six after he promises that in a few days

they're going to be baptized with the Holy Spirit they say Lord does that mean that you will at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

Now why did they ask that? That was a very good question. This was not a foolish

question because they knew their old testament. They knew their old

testament and in the old testament it was plainly taught

that when the Holy Spirit is poured out Israel is going to be restored and the kingdom is going to come.

Let me read for you an example.

Ezekiel 39, 25 and 29, God says, I will restore the fortunes of Jacob. and

have mercy on the whole house of Israel.

I will not hide my face any more from them

when I pour out my spirit upon the House of Israel, says the

Lord God. Now if you knew that verse and along came the Messiah and says in two

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