The Jewish amp Christian Understandings The OT the Trinity had not yet been revealed The NT the spirit is described as a separate Person of the Holy Trinity Pentecost the apostles gathered in hopes to make sense of preceding weeks ID: 573655
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The SAME Holy Spirit:
The Jewish & Christian Understandings
The OT
the Trinity had not yet been revealed
The NT
the “spirit” is described as a separate Person of the Holy TrinitySlide3
Pentecost
the apostles gathered in hopes to make sense of preceding weeks
Jesus had been crucified, died, buried, risen from the dead, and ascended into HeavenActs 2:2-4God had sent the Holy Spirit to strengthen and guide them, just as Jesus had promisedtheir mission: to reveal the Lord Jesus Christ to THE WORLD!!!Slide4
The Birth of the Church
the Holy Spirit gave the apostles the power to act in Jesus’ name to continue his ministry
example: Peter, the fisherman, speaks in tonguesinspired by the Holy Spiritpreached to the Gentiles of the Roman Empire3,000 new members were added in a single day to the ChurchSlide5
Peter’s Speech @ Pentecost
Directions:
READ Acts 2:14-47.
With the assistance of a partner, ANSWER the following questions in your notebook.
What does St. Peter say of Jesus?
What does St. Peter tell the masses to do?
What do they do?Slide6
Inspired To Join The Church
“signs and wonders” indicated God at work in the community
the Holy Spirit drawing people to new lifetrust in God/the reign of Goda new understanding of freedom, hope, and salvationpersonal and social conversionsan intense form of communitySlide7
Reflection:
To Join or Not to Join
Would you join?Slide8
ANY QUESTIONS?Slide9
New Faces Defending the New Faith
Peter & John were arrested & put in jail
civil disobedience: in this case…ignored Sanhedrin’s order to stop preaching about JCan angel opened the gatesP & J went to the Temple to preach about Jesus
were recognized & sentenced to be killedGamaliel, a wise
respected member of the court, saved their lives…Acts 5:38-39
“…if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find yourself fighting against God.”Slide10
The 1
st
Christians
Jews: Israeli Jews
1
st followers of Jesus saw themselves as
JEWS
followed all Jewish practices
worshipped
in the
Temple/obeyed Mosaic Law/remained Kosher
however
, they also…
observed
Sunday’s as the Lord’s Day by celebrating the Eucharist
bread & wine became the Body & Blood of Jesus Christ
Gentiles: Hellenistic Jews
1
st
century AD: official religion of the empire-a mix b/w emperor worship & polytheistic religion
no satisfaction
Gentiles
(non-Jews) were drawn to…
Judaism's monotheistic faith
Jesus’ messageSlide11
Due to conflicts w/in the Church, the Apostles needed help…enter: deacons
St. Stephen
one of the seven 1
st
deaconswas pronounced a blasphemer after working miracles & was arrested
blamed the Sanhedrin for crucifying Jesusbecame the 1st Christian martyr
after being stoned to death
Greek for “witness”
St. Philip
another one of the seven 1
st
deacons
preached to the Samaritans
1
st
to bring Christianity OUTSIDE of Judea
Peter and John join him to instill the Holy Spirit on the newly baptized
Philip = Deacon/Priest
…
Baptism
Peter and John = Bishop…
ConfirmationSlide12
Reflection: Martyrdom
Would you die for your faith?Slide13
ANY QUESTIONS?Slide14
Saul/Paul
Saul…his Aramaic name
a Jew from Tarsus who persecuted the followers of Jesus
The Conversion of Saul
Acts 9:1-22Paul…his Latin name
originally feared by all (obviously)Ananias & Barnabas welcomes himrest of Apostles realized the Holy Spirit was working through PaulSlide15
ALL ARE WELCOME
Paul’s Conversion
Christians would include GentilesPaul would be the missionary to the GentilesANYONE can be Christian and be one with GodPeter’s Vision (Acts 10)
“What God has made clean, you must not call profane.” (Acts 10:15)Jews (Peter) mixed w/ non-Jews (Cornelius)Slide16
ALL ARE WELCOME
Antioch
1st Church to welcome both Jews & Gentilesfollowers of Jesus were known as Christians