#2 The Birth of the Church: The Gamble of Judas

If the religious leaders of the church thought they had an issue with Jesus when he was alive, well boy they have a bigger issue now! It’s kind of like one of those sci-fi movies when you chop the little monster in half and it basically multiplies and creates two more little monsters. That is exactly what is happening.  All of the sudden, Jesus is no longer here physically, but he has multiplied in the believers.

Now there are 300, 600, 1000, 2000, 10000 and this thing is completely out of control.  And that is what the book of Acts explains, it explains how this all happened.  It was not by chance or circumstance it was absolutely planned.  This is what Jesus referred to when Jesus said to the disciples that it was necessary that I go, but you will not be alone. You are going to have me with you, in a slightly different form.

This is another personal sermon. Jesus was not just talking to the disciples, he was talking to us.  The reality of Christ living in us is exactly what Pastor Harris’s teachings are all about. He always teaches relationship, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and how it manifests itself.  In this teaching Pastor Harris will teach on the events that happen on the Mount of Olives as Christ left after 40 days.  We call it the ascension, because that is exactly what he did, if you recall as soon as he ascended the disciples and believers are standing around and looking up and suddenly there are two more of them.  These two guys are all dressed in white and they are obviously angelic beings of some kind and they are saying men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven, the same Jesus you just saw go up will come again in the same manner.  That is obviously our hope and we know that to be true.