A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                              PART I - VII

"I, Jesus, had another encounter with My disciples.... At that time I told them that they were not to leave Jerusalem.... I told them as well as to why they were not to leave Jerusalem... They were to wait for the gift My Father was going to send them from heaven.....I told them, furthermore, that they would not be able to minister without this Gift from heaven....For that Gift would provide them with the necessary power they would need to preach, teach, heal and deliver people."....Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Jesus' words to His disciples at another encounter with them....

                         ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                                PART I - VII

Jesus had told His disciples that they were to be send out as He has been sent out. Nevertheless, they were not yet ready to do so for he He had told them as well to wait in Jerusalem for the Gift from the Father as you can read in Acts 1:4-5

On one occassion, while He was eating with them, He gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptised with the water, but in a few days you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit."

And Jesus explained as to why they needed to be baptised with the Holy Spirit as you can read in Acts 1:8a

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;

They needed to be empowered so they could go out and do what the Lord had told them to do.