Ascension Sermon Notes

St Augustine of Hippo once said:

Ascension Day... is "that festival which confirms the grace of all the festivals together, without which the profitableness of every festival would have perished. For unless the Saviour had ascended into heaven, his nativity would have come to nothing ... and his passion would have borne no fruit for us, and his most holy resurrection would have been useless."

  

The ascension completes the death and resurrection of Jesus.

 

The resurrection and ascension prove that the cross worked.

 

When Jesus ascends to heaven he sits down.

His work is done.

The ascension is Jesus’ enthronement.

Now Jesus, the God-man, sits enthroned in heaven at the Right Hand of the Majesty of the Glory of God.

The ascension guarantees the return of the Lord Jesus as judge (Acts 1v11).

 May God grant that we might know Jesus as our King who is also our friend and our brother.

That we might bow the knee to him in all things, that we would serve him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

And that he might use us to bring others under the sway of the King of love, that they might know the blessings of his perfect peace.