Empowered by Prayer

Christ’s apostles are not idle in the days between His ascension and Pentecost. They pray and organize leadership to witness deliberately and powerfully to the most significant event in human history: the resurrection of Jesus.

Notes:

Significant movements of the Holy Spirit and the Gospel almost invariably flow from the committed and concerted prayers of God’s people. If the resurrection didn’t happen, nothing of the Christian message matters. If the resurrection did happen, nothing but the Christian message matters.

Questions:

1. After the loss of Judas, why was it important to restore the number of apostles to twelve?

2.Do you have examples in your own life or experience of clear works of the Holy Spirit that are preceded by prayer?

3. Is it possible for you to be a witness to Christ’s resurrection if you were not actually there to see it with your own eyes?

4. In Acts 26, Paul asks King Agrippa: “why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?” Why do you think people find it incredible?

5. Why is it best to lead apologetics discussions toward the issue of the resurrection?