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The Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Holy SpiritSlide2

Acts is the story of the spread of the Good News of Jesus in outward ripples from Jerusalem after the

Day of

Pentecost, and it is the sequel to the Gospel of Luke.Slide3
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In the tables that follow for each book,the first table is fromThe Life Application Bible (Tyndale, 1996) and the second table is from

Bruce Wilkinson,

Your Daily Walk

(Zondervan, 1991).Slide5

ACTS

AUTHOR

Luke (a Gentile physician)

WHAT

The Story

of the Early Church

, for Theophilus

and all lovers of God

WHERE

Jerusalem, Samaria, Lydda, Joppa, Antioch, Cyprus, Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth,

Ephesus, Caesarea, Malta, Rome

WHEN

A.D

.

63-70

WHY

To give an accurate account of the birth and growth

of the Christian Church

KEY

PEOPLE

Peter, John, James, Stephen, Philip, Paul, Barnabas, Cornelius,

James (Jesus’ brother), Timothy, Lydia, Silas, Titus, Apollos, Agabus,

Ananias, Felix, Festus, Agrippa, LukeSlide6

ACTS

FOCUS

Foundation of the Church

Founder of Churches

DIVISIONS

1-4 Spirit of the

Church

5-7 Growth of the Church

8-9 Persecution of the Church

10-12 Expansion of the Church

13-15 Paul’s First Journey

16-18 Paul’s Second Journey

19-20 Paul’s Third Journey

21-23 Paul’s Arrest

24-26 Paul’s Trials

27-28 Paul’s Imprisonment

TOPICS

Peter

Philip

Paul

To the Jews

To the Samaritans

To the Gentiles

PLACE

Jerusalem

Judea & Samaria

To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth

TIME

2 Years

(A.D. 33-35)

13 Years

(A.D. 35-48)

14 Years (A.D. 48-62)Slide7

Ten Sermons3 by

Peter

(2:14-36; 3:11-26; 10:34-43)

1 by

Stephen

(7:1-53)

6 by

Paul

3 defense speeches in Jerusalem & Caesarea

(22:1-21; 24:10-21; 26:1-29)

1 to Jews on his first Journey (13:16-47)

1 to Gentiles on his second Journey (17:22-31)

1 to Christians on his third journey (20:18-35)Slide8

The Cyclical Story Line of Acts

Christian Leaders

preach

the Gospel

Listeners are

converted

and added to the Church

Opponents (often Jewish, but sometimes Gentile)

begin to

persecute

the Christian leaders

God intervenes to

rescue the leaders or otherwise protect the Church Slide9

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Slide10

Ripple 1: Jewish PentecostWhen the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them

(Acts 2:1-4).Slide11

Ripple 2: Samaritan PentecostWhen

the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.

When

they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

because

the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then

Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit

(Acts 8:14-17).Slide12

Jerusalem

Judea

Samaria

The Ends of the EarthSlide13
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Ripple 3: Gentile Pentecost

While

Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

The

circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles.

For

they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

“Surely

no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have

.”

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ

(Acts 10:34-35, 43-48).Slide15

The Fruit of Pentecost

Power

to live triumphantly

Courage

to face danger bravely

Unlearned

eloquence

for sharing their faith

Unstoppable

joy

that was independent of their circumstancesSlide16

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be

my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Slide17

CBF

Oakland Mills

Columbia

The U.S.Slide18

We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations #446Slide19

We’ve a story to tell the nations that shall turn their hearts to the right,a story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light,

a story of peace and light.Slide20

For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noon-day bright, andChrist’s great Kingdom shall come on earth –the Kingdom of love and light.Slide21

We’ve a song to be sung to the nations that shall lift their hearts to the Lord,a song that shall conquer evil and shatter the spear and sword,

and shatter the spear and sword.Slide22

For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noon-day bright, andChrist’s great Kingdom shall come on earth –the Kingdom of love and light.Slide23

We’ve a message to give to the nations – that the Lord who reigneth above hath sent us His Son to save us and show us that God is love,

and show us that God is love.Slide24

For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noon-day bright, andChrist’s great Kingdom shall come on earth –the Kingdom of love and light.Slide25

We’ve a Savior to show to the nations who the path of sorrow hath trod, that all of the world’s great peoples might come to the truth of God.

Might come to the truth of God.Slide26

For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noon-day bright, andChrist’s great Kingdom shall come on earth –the Kingdom of love and light.