Acts

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Acts

• A Witness to the World

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The Book of Acts

• The Author Luke
• Acts is a sequel.
• Luke begins by referencing his first book.
• Both books are dedicated to Theophilus.

The first account I composed, Theophilus, about
all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the
day when He was taken up, after He had by the
Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He
had chosen. (Acts 11-2).
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Bridging the Gap

• The Gospels

The Epistles
Book of Acts
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Observations on Acts

• Acts is a book of Victory
• Acts is essentially about the ministries of Peter
  and Paul
• Mistakes and successes
• Discouragement and great courage
• Narratives are not necessarily normative
• Preaching in the Book of Acts
• Prayer in the Book of Acts

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Luke
Acts

• Begins with an address to most excellent
  Theophilus

Begins with an address to Theophilus
Announcement made by angel Gabriel
Announcement made by two angels
Begins in Jerusalem
Begins in Jerusalem
Birth of Jesus as the Spirit comes on Mary
Birth of the Church as the Spirit comes on
believers
There is a movement toward Jerusalem
There is a movement away from Jerusalem
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Acts 16-8

• 6 And so when they had come together, they were
  asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You
  are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
• 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know
  times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His
  own authority 8 but you shall receive power when
  the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall
  be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all
  Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part
  of the earth.

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Samaria
Jerusalem
Judea
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1 Primarily Peter Church Established Preparation Church Foretold
2 Primarily Peter Church Established Preparation Church Born
3 Primarily Peter Church Established Church Dispersed Church Witnessing
6 Primarily Peter Church Established Church Dispersed Church Organized
7 Peter Others Church Scattered Church Dispersed Church Expanding
9 Peter Others Church Scattered Church Dispersed Church Dispersed
10 Peter Others Church Scattered Gentiles in the Church Gentiles in the Church
13 Primarily Paul Church Extended First Missionary Journey First Missionary Journey
15 Primarily Paul Church Extended Church in Conference Church in Conference
16 Primarily Paul Church Extended Second Missionary Journey Second Missionary Journey
19 Primarily Paul Church Extended Third Missionary Journey Third Missionary Journey
21 Primarily Paul Church Extended Paul Imprisoned Paul in Jerusalem
24 Primarily Paul Church Extended Paul Imprisoned Paul in Caesarea
27 Primarily Paul Church Extended Paul Imprisoned Paul in Rome
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Witness to the Resurrection

• This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are
  all witnesses (Acts 232).
• But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and
  asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 but
  put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God
  raised from the dead, a fact to which we are
  witnesses. (Acts 314-15).
• With great power the apostles were giving witness
  to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and
  abundant grace was upon them all (432).
• And we are witnesses of these things and so is
  the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who
  obey Him. (Acts 532).

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? Damascus
? Joppa
? Jerusalem
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? Tarsus
? Antioch
? Seleucia
25 And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul 26
and when he had found him, he brought him to
Antioch. And it came about that for an entire
year they met with the church, and taught
considerable numbers and the disciples were
first called Christians in Antioch. (Acts
1125-26)
? Salamis
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? Tarsus
Syrian Antioch ?
? Seleucia
? Salamis
? Paphos
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Syrian ? Antioch
? Perga
? Tarsus
Syrian Antioch ?
? Seleucia
? Salamis
? Paphos
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Antioch in Psidia
Temple of Augustus
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Pisidian ? Antioch
? Iconium
Lystra ?
? Derbe
? Perga
? Tarsus
Syrian Antioch ?
? Seleucia
? Salamis
? Paphos
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Pisidian ? Antioch
? Iconium
Lystra ?
? Derbe
? Perga
? Tarsus
Syrian Antioch ?
? Seleucia
? Salamis
? Paphos
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Acts 15

• Must Christians be circumcised in order to be
  saved?

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? Philippi
? Berea
? Thessalonica
? Troas
? Corinth
? Athens
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? Philippi
? Berea
? Thessalonica
? Troas
? Corinth
? Athens
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Acts 1711-12

• 11 Now these were more noble-minded than those
  in Thessalonica, for they received the word with
  great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily,
  to see whether these things were so.
• 12 Many of them therefore believed, along with a
  number of prominent Greek women and men.

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? Philippi
? Berea
? Thessalonica
? Troas
? Corinth
? Athens
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Areopagus
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? Philippi
? Berea
? Thessalonica
? Troas
? Corinth
? Athens
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Acts 182-3
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a
native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy
with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had
commanded all

• theJews to leave Rome. He came to them, 3 and
  because he was of the same trade, he stayed with
  them and they were working for by trade they
  were tent-makers.

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In the Synagogue
Bible Studies
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? Ephesus
Syrian Antioch ?
? Caesarea
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? Ephesus
Syrian Antioch ?
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the
flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you
overseers, to shepherd the church of God which
He purchased with His own blood. (Acts 2028)
? Caesarea
? Jerusalem
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Acts 2830-31

• 30 And he stayed two full years in his own
  rented quarters, and was welcoming all who came
  to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God, and
  teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with
  all openness, unhindered.

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