Unfinished work of Christ in Acts

• Book of Acts is the unfinished work of Christ
• Executed by His Body / By His Church / By His People

Began

Acts 1:1-2
New King James Version (NKJV)

1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, ² until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

Our work is to Preach

• Our work to teach
• Executed by His body / By His Church / By His people

Example

• What God is doing now is based on the Done
• What God is healing now is based on the Healed

Been Justified Vs Being Justified

Romans 5:1
New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have^[a] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

• Justified : made Righteous
• aeristance : something in the past

Romans 3:24
New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁴ being justified (Present Passive Participle) freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

• Passive : you are not doing it.
• God is continuously seeing you righteous / God is continuously imputing Righteous ( before you fail, when you fail, after you fail )

Continually receive

• continually be conscious

Work out what God worked in

Philippians 2:12-13
New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;¹³ for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

• Not “Work for”
• God work in the willingness to do