Acts 1:1-3 tells us that Luke had written a previous book in the Bible: “The former account I made of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.” Luke actually wrote more of the New Testament than any other man. Paul wrote more books but Luke wrote more than Paul or John. His former account was the Gospel According to Luke. Put these two very long books together and you have a Gentile believer writing the full record of all that Jesus began both to do and teach and continued to do through the Holy Spirit in the early church. What a historian he was and without a doubt inspired by God.
Jesus spent 40 days between His resurrection and ascension giving the disciples many infallible proofs of His resurrection. He presented Himself alive after His suffering (passion, death). He proved to them that after He died He rose from the dead, by being seen by them and speaking to them about the kingdom of God.
In order for us to join Christ and the Holy Spirit in doing His will we need to have it proven to us and we need to be fully convinced that the Christ we actually live for is the One who died and rose from the dead. Only the Holy Spirit can do this and do this He must for everyone who hopes to serve Christ. The first order of business in the early church was to ordain a witness (1:21-22) of the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. The importance of the resurrection of Christ cannot be overstated. It is seen by the proofs of it provided by Christ for 40 days and the preaching of the disciples that followed.
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