Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1-11, Sermon Text: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 18

I. The Fact of the Ascension

A. A Biblical Fact

B. A Local Fact

C. A Transitional Fact

II. The Clarification concerning the Ascension

A. The Need for the Clarification

B. The Details in the Clarification

C. The Benefit given the Clarification

III. The Result of the Ascension

A. The Result of a Heavenly Advocate

B. The Result of a “Sure Pledge”

C. The Result of an Outpoured Spirit

Rev. Greg Lubbers