Seeing Jesus #6: What Happens When People See Jesus?
Luke 24, Acts 1, Acts 2

What happens when people see Jesus?
1 – Go from confusion to clarity

Luke 24:44-46
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead … “

Go from confusion to clarity

What happens when people see Jesus?
2 – Seeing clearly brings salvation

Romans 10:9
… if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Seeing clearly brings salvation

3 – Go from being ordinary to empowered

Luke 24:49
49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.

Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Go from being ordinary to empowered

4 – Go from fearful to fearless

Acts 2:38
… “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Go from fearful to fearless

5 – Go from “the usual” to mission-driven

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Go from “the usual” to mission-driven