Acts 1:12-26 - The Witness of the Apostles

Last Sunday afternoon, we continued our series in Acts by hearing from Acts 1:12-26 together. We saw that the overarching message of this passage is that Jesus Christ is still building His church. First, Jesus builds His church through our prayers—especially as we plead with God to fulfill His promises. Second, Jesus builds His church despite opposition. Judas Iscariot led the opposition against Jesus, but even Judas’ opposition could not stop God’s plan to save His people. Finally, Jesus builds His church on the foundation of the apostles. The choice of a new apostle to replace Judas was a unique event in the history of the church, and together the 12 apostles formed the foundation of Christ’s church. Although we don’t have new apostles around today, we can still stand on the apostolic testimony recorded for us in Scripture. What should we do with all this? We can pray to God, pleading with Him to continue to build His church as He promised, asking for the strength to stand firm and trust His plan even when we face opposition, and praying that He would keep us and our church faithful to apostolic testimony of Scripture as it points us to Jesus Christ our Savior.