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Review , Ananias is told that the newly converted Saul of Tarsus will be coming to his house.
Or goal is to do a brief survey of each section or book of the NT.
We want to see the “Bigger Picture.”
Remember the Gospels:
Matthew — Jesus is King
Mark - Jesus is the suffering servant
Luke - Jesus is the perfect man
John - Jesus is divine
Remember that each week we are going to ask the following questions:
Who wrote the book?
To whom did they write?
What problem or question are they addressing?
What does that mean for us today?
ACTS - Intro
Who wrote Acts?
Luke wrote Acts.
It's the 2nd Part and follow up to the book of Luke.
Acts 1:1-3
The Title is “The Acts of the Apostles.”
But a better title might be “The Acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles.”
Or “The Acts of Jesus and the Spirit.”
To Whom Did Luke write?
"The book is written to Theophilus, the same person to whom Luke’s Gospel is addressed and presumably for the same purpose: to present an orderly account of historical facts to Theophilus (Luke 1:1–4).
Basically, the book is written to confirm the faith of believers.
It is the history of the apostles and covers approximately the first 30 years of the early Church."
Mark Water, The Books of the Bible Made Easy, The Made Easy Series (Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishing, 2001), 44.
What problem/question is Luke Addressing?
Luke is writing to give his readers a history of the early Church and the spread of the gospel throughout the world.
Acts Answers 4 questions:
How did the disciples become effective leaders in the absence of Christ?
What accounts for the phenomenal growth in the early church?
Acts 2:41 - 3,000
Acts 2:47 - The Lord adds to their number daily
Acts 4:4 - 5,000
Acts 5:14 - Multitudes
Acts 6:7 - The number of disciples greatly increases
How did a religion begun among the Jews later become a gentile faith?
How are the teachings of the Epistles related to the teachings of the Gospels?
Acts fills the gap between the Gospels and Epistles.
It is a pivotal book.
It links the ministry and teachings of Christ with the Christianity that appears developed in the Epistles.
Outline
Acts 1:8 provides the outline of the book - The Geographical and cultural movement of the Gospel drives the book!
Some Distinctive Features of Acts:
Prayer - Almost every chapter makes mention of prayer and shows the result of prayer!
Preaching of the Apostles
One sermon of Peter (Acts 2:14-40) and one Sermon of Paul (Acts 13:16-42) are produced in full.
12 Sermons or speeches are recorded
Peter (4)
Paul (6)
James (1)
Stephen (1)
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is Mentioned over 50 times in Acts, more than any other New Testament Book.
We see in Acts that the Holy Spirit has a personality.
He can be lied against (Acts 5:4), tested (Acts 5:9), and resisted (Acts 7:51).
Acts shows on four different occasions where groups of people received the Holy Spirit:
Acts 2 - The Day of Pentecost (Jews)
Acts 8 - Samaritans (Half Jews)
Acts 10 - House of Cornelius (Palestinian Gentiles)
Acts 19 - Disciples at Ephesus
Witness
Acts 1:6-8
They spend time with Jesus following the resurrection and they want to know when he’s going to overthrow the Romans and set up His kingdom.
Jesus’ response is to get them back on mission!
What is the Mission?
They Are going to receive power.
Power for what?
Power for Witness!
The power they were to receive was divine power; the word is dynamis, the same word used of Jesus’ miracles in the Gospels.
It is the Spirit’s power (2:1–21).
The endowment with the Spirit is the prelude to, the equipping for, mission.
The role of the apostles is that of “witness” (martys).30
The Power of the spirit is not to feel good.
The Power of the spirit is not given for their selfish benefit.
THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN SO THAT THEY CAN BE WITNESSES!
Jesus sends the Spirit to point people to himself.
He empowers people to point others towards Jesus.
Witnesses of What?
In Acts the apostles’ main role is depicted as witnessing to the earthly ministry of Jesus, above all to his resurrection (cf.
1:22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39, 41).
As eyewitnesses only they were in the position to be guarantors of the resurrection.
But with its root meaning of testimony, “witness” comes to have an almost legal sense of bearing one’s testimony to Christ.
The Main thing they witness to is that Jesus is alive!
Acts 1:22
Acts 2:32
Acts 3:15
Acts 5:30-32
Acts 10:39-41
Acts 13:30-31
The Spirit uses these men women of the early Church through signs and wonders, just like Jesus - To show that Jesus has been resurrected and he is King.
The Message of Acts is that Jesus has come to begin a New Creation.
It started with His resurrection and now continues in His Spirit-empowered Church.
The Church now, empowered by the Spirit, has the task of calling all nations into this new community and kingdom.
Problems
The early Church was not perfect.
It faced many problems.
Problems from within:
Lying to the Holy Spirit - Acts 5:1-10
Racial/Ethnic Issues - Acts 6:1
Failing to do what Jesus asked them to do - Notice that they do not move out of Jerusalem UNTIL persecution causes them to scatter!
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