{"id":82057,"date":"2019-05-30T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=82057"},"modified":"2019-05-30T05:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T09:45:35","slug":"john-stott-on-the-ascension-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=82057","title":{"rendered":"John Stott on the Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was something fundamentally anomalous about their gazing up into the sky when they had been commissioned to go to the ends of the earth. It was the earth not the sky which was to be their preoccupation. Their calling was to be witnesses not stargazers. The vision they were to cultivate was not upwards in nostalgia to the heaven which had received Jesus, but outwards in compassion to a lost world which needed him. It is the same for us…<\/p>\n

We need to hear the implied message of the angels: \u2018You have seen him go. You will see him come. But between that going and coming there must be another. The Spirit must come, and you must go\u2014 into the world for Christ\u2019….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

–From his commentary on Acts<\/p>\n

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The Day of #Ascension<\/a> means that the resurrected Jesus who was once somewhere at one time for some is now everywhere, always for all. He is here and now, with you, for you, hearing your prayers. Let\u2019s pray! #MindBlown<\/a> @thykingdom_come<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jX5VVII528<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pete Greig (@PeteGreig) May 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n