I Believe in Jesus ChristWho Ascended Into Heaven
Who Ascended into HeavenActs 1:9-11 If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Acts, chapter 1. We are continuing our study through the Apostles’ Creed and today we come to the phrase in which we confess that “we believe in Jesus Christ who ascended into heaven.” Now, the wise old Reformed theologians of the 17th Century used to speak of Jesus’ exaltation in three stages: His resurrection, His ascension, and His session; that is, His sitting at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. You will notice in those three stages the references that we are studying. We started last week with the resurrection; we’ll look at the ascension this week; and next week, Lord willing, we’ll look at that heavenly session and we will examine each of those clauses of the…