What if you built a house… but never moved in?

In this week’s message from our I Believe series, we explore one of the most overlooked lines of the Apostles’ Creed: “He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father… and He will come to judge the living and the dead.”

We celebrate the incarnation. We preach the cross. We rejoice in the resurrection. But the ascension? Too often, we skip past it.

Walking through Acts 1:6–11 and the words of Jesus in John 16:7, we discover that the ascension wasn’t Jesus leaving—it was Jesus coming nearer. It was the detonator that unleashed the power of the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection through the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Because Jesus ascended:

• We have representation — an Advocate at the right  ...