Week 4 – Because He Lives: The Birth of the Church
Acts 2:1–8 | Because He Lives… We Are Empowered

Because Jesus is alive, everything changes—not just what we believe, but how we live and what we are called to do.

In Week 4 of our series Because He Lives: The Birth of the Church, we move from being sent to being empowered.

In Acts of the Apostles 2:1–8, we witness the moment the Holy Spirit comes upon the believers at Pentecost. This is not a human effort or manufactured movement—this is God moving in His timing, fulfilling His promise, and empowering His people for His mission.

This sermon explores three key truths:

• God supplies the power for His mission
• The Holy Spirit empowers the message of the gospel
• The movement of the Spirit demands a response

We are reminded that the mission of God cannot be accomplished in our own strength. But the same Spirit who filled the early church now fills every believer—equipping us to make disciples and carry the gospel to the world.

Because He lives, we are not just sent... We are empowered.