All of this was leading up to this moment. The promise of Jesus fulfilled, the Holy Spirit WILL come! And He will fill you, and you experience the love of God and His presence and be empowered to live in and preach the Good News of the gospel!

After all the preparation Jesus did with the disciples, even sending them out to go preach the kingdom of God and make disciples, Jesus says, "WAIT!..." Wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit fills you with power. How do we handle waiting seasons? Especially when we don't know how long they will be. What the apostles do between the ascension and pentecost gives us some great insight into how we can wait patiently for the Lord to move in our livs.

There comes a point in all of our training and schooling that our instructor says, "You can't stay here!" It's time to go into the world and use what you have learned. Jesus did the same thing. We call it the Great Commission, and it was the last thing He told the disciples to do when he ascended into heaven. So, what's that mean for us?

What's in a name? A famous question posed in a famous play. But the answer for them might not be the answer we have when we begin to look at the name of Jesus. It's entirely and wholly different than any other name! His name is the name above all names, and by no other name can we be saved!

This week, as we continue our series on Life After the Cross, we are looking at what it means to live in the finished work of the cross. Are we believing for something to come, or are we believing to experience what has already happened?

In our series, Life After the Cross, we are looking at what the disciples, and through their lives and examples, ourselves, need to learn between the time of Easter, Christ resurrected, and Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit is given to the church! Today we look at the important need to leave our past behind, so we can embrace our future!

In our New Series: Life After the Cross, we will look at what the early church needed to learn to live in the new way of life in Christ, and not fall back into the law! Jesus made a way once and for all.