Power to Be a Witness
This is what I have been chewing on all week. Acts 1 3 To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God: 4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, “You have heard from Me.” 5 For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 8 But you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost comes upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. I had the question, “Why did they need the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to be witnesses?” I mean, they were already witnesses. They had walked with Jesus. They had seen His miracles and heard his teachings. They had seen the crucifixion and had seen Him after His resurr