The Jesus. Jesus tells us as his followers we are to be his witnesses and he has

promised to help us do that through the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave the same instruction and

promise to his disciples in the early days of the Church. But should we expect a

similar experience to what happened to them at Pentecost.

Take a closer look at that today on Truth for Life.

Alistairbegg is teaching from the Book of Acts in Chapter 2. Last time we were considering the two sad faces on the Amaeus road whose perplexity was directly related to the

fact that they had a view of the kingdom of God that was faulty and so over this period of time these well-meaning characters

had to be weaned away from their wrong views of the kingdom. They were to learn first of all that the kingdom of God

was not limited to Israel but it was for all people everywhere. Secondly

that the kingdom was gradual in its expansion, and it is gradual as it becomes,

preached to the world and a testimony to the nations before the end comes.

That's what Jesus said in Matthew 24.

The Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to the

nations and the end will come. So they needed to understand this. The kingdom was not limited to Israel. It was international.

The kingdom was not happening instantaneously. Immediately. It was gradual. The kingdom thirdly was not

political. It was spiritual in its character. And as the people bowed beneath the

rule and reign of King Jesus. There was supposed to be a

difference in their values and in their lives. Now we don't necessarily have the time to tease this out, but when we think this out, in terms of the way in which we speak to our friends and neighbors,

we realize that just to tell them we have Jesus in our hearts may not mean very much at all.

Especially when their response is to tell us that they have Krishna in their hearts,

or that they have Buddha in their lives,

or they have Scientology as their framework.

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