With the Command to Go | Pastor Kit Bogan

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Pastor Bogan warns that Christians today, like the disciples, often wait for political power or Jesus's return instead of doing their actual work.

Pastor Kit Bogan opens by sharing his experience speaking at a camp for upper elementary kids, noting how even adults drift from God's questions. He reads Acts 1:6-11, where the disciples ask Jesus about restoring Israel's kingdom and then stare at the sky after his ascension. Bogan identifies two modern distractions: Christians seeking political power to 'make America great again' and those fixated on end-times prophecy to the neglect of mission. Jesus redirects the disciples, and angels tell them to stop gazing; Bogan says the church must similarly refocus each other. The Holy Spirit's power is essential for witnessing, likened to an unplugged vacuum or a plane without fuel. Witnessing means testifying to what one has seen and heard, not cultural warfare. The geographic scope in Acts—Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, ends of the earth—shows the gospel's integrity and reach. Bogan connects this to East Bay Calvary's recent activities: VBS locally, his testimony at a Wisconsin camp, and a mission trip to Guyana where teams sang, performed skits, and shared personal stories. He urges listeners to craft and practice their testimonies, starting with 'easy targets' like church elders. The vision is to be caught doing God's work when Jesus returns, whether during worship, VBS, or hospice care. The sermon closes with a call to witness from home to the nations, supported by Romans 10:14-15.

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A direct sermon on waiting for Christ while staying faithful to the work of witness.

The sermon opens with a light camp story, then turns it into a pointed concern: adults may say they are waiting for Jesus while drifting from the work he has placed in front of them.

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You get a clear challenge: stop waiting for the wrong thing and come back to the calling right in front of you.

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