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| 1. Be able to fill in the chart that overviews the book of Acts: |
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Focus Witness in Jerusalem Witness in Judea and Samaria Witness to the Ends of the Earth
Divisions Power of the church.
1:1-2:47/ progress of the church 3:2-8:4 Expansion of the church
8:5-12:25 Paul’s Journeys 13:1-21:16/ Paul’s 3 trials 21:17-28:31
Topics Jews Samaritans Gentiles
Peter Philip Paul
Place Jerusalem Judea: Samaria Uttermost parts of the Earth
Time 2 years (33-35AD) 13 years (35-48 AD) 14 years (48-62 AD) |
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2. Explain how the Book of Acts and the Great Commission are connected?
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a. The Great commission-Matt 28:19-20 go to all the world teaching, baptizing…
b. Acts-Paul and others are going out preaching about God and baptizing the believers, doing what Jesus said to do in the Great Commission.
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3. The date, purpose, and theme of Acts |
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Date for acts-ON TEST
o Suggested dates for the book range from 62 A.D. to the middle of the 2nd century
Acts gives no mention of persecution under Nero (64 A.D.)
Paul’s death (68 A.D.)
The destruction of Jerusalem (70 A.D.)
(when certain events don’t show up in a book it’s probably because the book was written before those events took place)
• Theme and purpose
o The historical link, between the Gospels and the Epistles
o The acts of the Spirit of Christ working in and through the apostles
o Theologically0Acts was written to trace the development of the church.
From one generation to another
From a Jewish religion to a predominantly gentile religion.
a. Christianity is distinct from Judaism and also its fulfillment
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4. How the book of Acts is a book of transitions
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a. From the Gospels to the Epistles
b. From Judaism to Christianity
c. From law to grace
d. From Jews alone to Jew and Gentile.
e. From kingdom to church
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5. Regarding holy Spirit Baptism, saying a person is baptized ______ the Spirit is correct. |
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| Regarding holy Spirit Baptism, saying a person is baptized IN the Spirit is correct. |
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6. What is the purpose and the result of Holy Spirit Baptism?
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To Witness!
EMPOWERMENT FOR SERVICE (Acts 1:8) |
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7. Explain what happened on the day of Pentecost as exhaustively as possible.
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Pentecost was an O.T. harvest festival
• Lev. 23:15-22
o This passage outlines all 7 pre-exilic feasts setting the time for each to be celebrated.
o Feasts 1,2,3 are taking place in 8 days, then 4 is 50 days, 5,6,7 are in a weeks time
o V 5-passover,6-Unleavened Bread, 10 harvest feast, 16-pentecost, 24 feasts of trumpets, 27 day of atonement, 34 feast of tabernacles.
• Num 28:26-31
o This passage describes what and how to offer on Pentecost.
• Ex. 34:22-the feast of weeks that is the first fruits of the wheat harvest
• Deut. 16:16 the feast of weeks.
• Ex. 34:23-24-if God tells you something and you don’t do it there will be consequences…
Pentecost is a celebration of the harvest: N.T. Pentecost marked the long awaited spiritual harvest.
• Acts. 2:1-2 (NAS) “the whole house”
• Like 11:51-“house” is also used for the temple
o Between the altar and the temple NJK
o … house of God -NAS
o … sanctuary-NIV
o … temple-NKJV
o … Sanctuary-RSV
The day of Pentecost
• Acts 2:3
o A big ball of fire. “tongues as of fire…”
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8. Explain everything you can concerning biblical passages that combine some aspect of fire with the Holy Spirit.
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Fire
• Matt 3:11”the Holy Spirit and fire”-people get confused that fire is purification of Holy Spirit, but it’s not. People connect Acts 2:4 with this erroneously…
The purpose of the Fire…
Some say…
• Purification or sanctification of the believer.
• Zeal or enthusiasm of the believer
• Tongues of fire as a sign.
• Judgment with unquenchable fire.
o In proper context any of these could be right; in the wrong context they are wrong. If all are compared to Acts 3 then 3 of them are wrong.
• Matthew 3:7-12-wrath, repentance, cut down and thrown into the fire, the Holy Spirit and fire, burn up the chaff, fire.
o What is the context of what you are reading…
o 1. Brood of vipers
o 2. Wrath
o 3. Need to repent
o 4. Cut down and burn
o 5. ?
o 6. Burned up
In this context “fire” means judgment. But that doesn’t mean in Acts 2:4 it’s the same.
• Some say…
• Holy Spirit was added later to the text
• A breath of fiery judgment
• A twofold baptism
o Given to everyone bringing salvation to the just and judgment to the wicked
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o One baptism with two elements: Holy Spirit and fire=purification
• Two separate baptisms:
o In the Holy Spirit for believers
o In fire of judgment at the 2nd coming.
Foreshortening-you see true truth but not exhausted in truth. Luke 4:18-21 (was fulfilled in the hearing), Is. 61:1-2 (the fire part-it isn’t fulfilled)
• Baptisms in HS for the saved, of fire for the condemned. |
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9. Explain the importance of Peter healing the lame man to the spread of the gospel.
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a. There was a lame man, Peter healed saying he couldn’t
b. Jesus healed him through Peter, it was Peter’s faith:
c. The Three ingredients of faith
Action
Knowledge
Mental Assent
• Knowledge- knowledge of a person, place, event, or other reality
• Mental Assent-mentally agreeing that the knowledge is true. Knowledge and Mental assent equal BELIEF
• Action-choosing to respond appropriately based on your belief.
o Knowledge is truth described accurately.
o Without knowledge you can’t have faith; no faith, no salvation.
o The Bible- is describing God accurately to us.
-how he spread the gospel-since people saw the lame man begging for 40 years, they were in awe that he was well. Peter and John then had the chance to share Jesus and how He healed them man through faith.
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10. Discuss the major differences between the Sadducees and the Pharisees.
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a. Sadducees Pharisees
b. -Acknowledge only the written law -Acknowledge the law and Pharisaic tradition
as binding and rejected tradition
c. -Did not believe in angels -Believed in angels
d. -Did not believe in the resurrection -Did believe in the resurrection of the dead
of the dead
e. -Came from the priests -Came from the scribes
f. -Stressed freewill -Stressed God’s preordination but allowed a cooperation of God and man’s will
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| 11. Explain what Acts 6 teaches us concerning service to God. |
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a. Acts 6:2 and 4
b. Serve tables=diakoneo/deacon
i. Keeping wind classes full by a special waiter
ii. Any type of serving
c. Ministry of the word=diakonia
i. The apostles were going to serve the Word like a waiter would serve food and drink.
ii. Dispensing God’s Word when they saw empty vessels. |
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12. Explain the significance surrounding the death and burial of Stephen.
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a. Significance of the death-the believing Jews were scared to stay in Jerusalem so they left to spread the gospel out side of it-marks the beginning of the expansion of the church.
b. Burial-righteous people came and buried Stephen and they cried out loud to show that the Sanhedrin was wrong in what they were doing. (usually they would have left a criminal out to rot and die).
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• God approves of
o The Tabernacle
o The Temple
o The Body of Christ
As his dwelling place
The purpose of tongues is to yield yourself so the HS can do what he wants in our life. It is so he can change you.
The highest form of worship that there can be is OBEDIENCE.
Foreshadowing is something that looks similar to and event about to come.
Jesus like Moses?-Moses was a foreshadow for Jesus to come
• Moses brought the Old Covenant
o Jesus brought the New covenant
• Moses led Israel out of Egypt to Sinai where God brought them to Himself
o Jesus become the new way to the Father
• Moses gave Israel the command to sacrifice a Lamb
o Jesus is the lamb
• Moses performed great miracles
o Jesus perform more miracles
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