TEXT: (Acts 1:9-11)

INTRODUCTION:

1. There are many events in the life of Christ that testify to his extraordinary character.

2. In a day and age when people were looking for the Messiah, they didn’t have

to look very hard or far if they were truly seeking.

3. The historical record of Jesus’ life provides for us a reliable and believable

testimony of his deity.

4. Let’s examine just a few instances.

A. Jesus is changed before the very eyes of Peter, James, and John.

B. Two other figures suddenly appear.

C. A cloud encompasses them and a voice speaks to them out of the cloud.

1. The multitude following Jesus needed to be fed, but they only had five loaves and two

fish.

B. Jesus divided this among his disciples and asked them to distribute it to the crowd.

C. Somehow, the food kept multiplying.

D. So much so, that there were 12 baskets of fragments taken up after everyone had

eaten.

A. The disciples were on the Sea of Galilee when they saw that they thought to be a ghost

approaching them.

B. The disciples begin to scream in fear.

C. However, Jesus informs them that there was no reason to be afraid.

A. Lazarus has been dead for four days and had already been buried.

B. Jesus commanded Lazarus to come forth, and he did, still bound in his grave clothes.

C. Just imagine the reaction.

A. When Peter entered the tomb, he found the grave clothes still in tact, and the

handkerchief that had been around his head was laying separate.

B. When appearing to His disciples, Jesus just suddenly appeared through a locked door.

1. The disciples witness Jesus ascend into heaven; out of their sight.
2. The angel promises that He will be back the same way.

1. (John 20:30-31).

2. "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" (John 20:29).