S6E12: He Ascended (We Believe... pt. 8)

Sermon #291

It is easy for us to slip quietly past this affirmation, but that would be a mistake.  We are told so much in the Gospels about the earthly ministry of Christ and very little about the forty days after the resurrection, and less about the actual ascension (only Luke records his account in his Gospel and in the book of Acts).  Yet the Ascension of Christ means three major things in the life of the Christian.  It means that Easter is not over; it means that the incarnation is not over; and it means that we have a brother sitting at the right hand of God and interceding for us sinners.  Indeed, affirming faith in the Ascension should be great joy for Christians everywhere.

Text: Luke 24:44-53

Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on July 22, 2018 (Originally published September 17, 2018)

S.D.G.