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| | *Four Traits Small-Group Leaders Don’t Need In Order to Succeed.
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| *Leader Tip*1.
*A leader doesn’t need to be a Bible scholar.*
The leaders job is to provide an environment conducive to mutual learning and growing.
The leader is learning along with the other group members.
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*A leader doesn’t need to be a great speaker.*
Being a great listener is more important.
In fact, those who like to speak and dominate conversations are not good choices for small-group leaders.
3.     *A leader doesn’t need to excel at hospitality.*
There are undoubtedly those in the group with the gift of hospitality who can meet this need, by offering their home for meetings or providing refreshments.
4.     *A leader doesn’t have to have previous leadership experience.*
A much better predictor of success is a commitment to the small-group concept and a willingness to learn the skills needed to help others become all they can be in Christ.
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Have someone read from the Life Application N.T. Com.
Intro to Acts.
It starts “Acts has it all”
 
*VITAL STATISTICS*
 
PURPOSE: To give an accurate account of the birth and growth of the Christian church
 
AUTHOR: Luke (a Gentile physician)
 
TO WHOM WRITTEN: Theophilus and all lovers of God
 
DATE WRITTEN: Between A.D. 63 and 70
 
SETTING: Acts is the connecting link between Christ’s life and the life of the church, between the Gospels and the Letters
 
KEY VERSE: “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” (Acts 1:8).
KEY PEOPLE: Peter, John, James, Stephen, Philip, Paul, Barnabas, Cornelius, James (Jesus’ brother), Timothy, Lydia, Silas, Titus, Apollos, Agabus, Ananias, Felix, Festus, Agrippa, Luke
 
KEY PLACES: Jerusalem, Samaria, Lydda, Joppa, Antioch, Cyprus, Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Caesarea, Malta, Rome
 
SPECIAL FEATURES: Acts is a sequel to the Gospel of Luke.
Because Acts ends so abruptly, Luke may have planned to write a third book, continuing the story..
 
*OVERVIEW:* WITH a flick of the fingers, friction occurs and a spark leaps from match to tinder.
A small flame burns the edges and grows, fueled by wood and air.
Heat builds, and soon the kindling is licked by orange-red tongues.
Higher and wider it spreads, consuming the wood.
The flame has become a fire.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, a match was struck in Palestine.
At first, just a few in that corner of the world were touched and warmed; but the fire spread beyond Jerusalem and Judea out to the world and to all people.
Acts provides an eyewitness account of the flame and fire—the birth and spread of the church.
Beginning in Jerusalem with a small group of disciples, the message traveled across the Roman empire.
Empowered by the Holy Spirit, this courageous band preached, taught, healed, and demonstrated love in synagogues, schools, homes, marketplaces, and courtrooms, and on streets, hills, ships, and desert roads—wherever God sent them, lives and history were changed.
Written by Luke as a sequel to his Gospel, Acts is an accurate historical record of the early church.
But Acts is also a theological book, with lessons and living examples of the work of the Holy Spirit, church relationships and organization, the implications of grace, and the law of love.
And Acts is an apologetic work, building a strong case for the validity of Christ’s claims and promises.
This book was apparently written about A.D. 63, since it terminates with Paul's two-year imprisonment in Rome (28:30).
Since Luke devotes so much space to the account of Paul's trial and appeal to Caesar, it would have been very unlikely had the book been written later for the author not to have alluded to the outcome of the apostle's trial.
The book of Acts begins with the outpouring of the promised Holy Spirit and the commencement of the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
This Spirit-inspired evangelism began in Jerusalem and eventually spread to Rome, covering most of the Roman empire.
That book was also addressed to *Theophilus,* whose name means “one who loves God.”
While some scholars have argued that this is a general term for all believers, it is more likely a proper name.
When addressing Theophilus in Luke 1:1, Luke called him “most honorable.”
A proper name with a title indicates that this was probably a real person, someone who belonged to the nobility, possibly as a high-ranking Roman official.
Most likely Theophilus was a Roman acquaintance of Luke’s with a strong interest in the new Christian religion.
The gospel first went to the Jews; but they, as a nation, rejected it.
A remnant of Jews, of course, gladly received the Good News.
But the continual rejection of the gospel by the vast majority of the Jews led to the ever-increasing proclamation of the gospel to the Gentiles.
This was according to Jesus’ plan: the gospel was to go from Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
This, in fact, is the pattern that the Acts narrative follows.
The glorious proclamation began in Jerusalem (Acts 1-7), went to Judea and Samaria (Acts 8 and following), and to the countries beyond Judea (Acts 11:19; Acts 13:4 and on to the end of Acts).
The second half of Acts is focused primarily on Paul’s missionary journeys to many countries north of the Mediterranean Sea.
He, with his companions, took the gospel first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles.
Some of the Jews believed, and many of the Gentiles received the Good News with joy.
New churches were started, and new believers began to grow in the Christian life.
Corinth of Paul's day Corinth lay only one and a half miles from the narrow isthmus joining central Greece with the Peloponnesus.
It was a great emporium with two seaports — Cenchraea on the East, and Lechaeum on the West.
Sea cargoes were hauled overland across the strategic four-mile strip.
This spared mariners the hazardous 200-mile jaunt around Cape Malea to the S. The Corinth canal was not built till 1881-93, although Nero attempted such a venture in A.D. 66. Materialism and lust were two vices that plagued the city.
Its brisk commercialism fostered the former; the entrenched cult of Aphrodite fostered the latter.
The goddess of love (lust) had her temple above the Acrocorinth, served by more than a thousand religious prostitutes.
Voluptuous and vicious forms of the goddess' worship made Corinth a notorious center of immorality (cf. the Corinthian letters, especially 1Co 5:1-5).
Such terms as ‘to corinthianize,’ ‘Corinthian sickness,’ etc., were reminiscent of the moral debauchery of the city.
*THE BLUEPRINT*
 
A.
PETER’S MINISTRY (Acts 1:1-12:25)
 
After the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Peter preached boldly and performed many miracles.
Peter’s actions demonstrate vividly the source and effects of Christian power.
Because of the Holy Spirit, God’s people were empowered so they could accomplish their tasks.
The Holy Spirit is still available to empower believers today.
We should turn to the Holy Spirit to give us the strength, courage, and insight to accomplish our work for God.
 
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Establishment of the church
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Expansion of the church
 
B.
PAUL’S MINISTRY (Acts 13:1-28:31)
 
Paul’s missionary adventures show us the progress of Christianity.
The gospel could not be confined to one corner of the world.
This was a faith that offered hope to all humanity.
We too should venture forth and share in this heroic task to witness for Christ in all the world.
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First missionary journey
     2.
The council at Jerusalem
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Second missionary journey
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Third missionary journey
     5.
Paul on trial
 
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*MEGATHEMES*
 
THEME: Church beginnings
 
EXPLANATION: Acts is the history of how Christianity was founded and organized and solved its problems.
The community of believers began by faith in the risen Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit, who enabled them to witness, to love, and to serve.
IMPORTANCE: New churches are continually being founded.
By faith in Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, the church can be a vibrant agent for change.
As we face new problems, Acts gives important remedies for solving them.
THEME: Holy Spirit
 
EXPLANATION: The church did not start or grow by its own power or enthusiasm.
The disciples were empowered by God’s Holy Spirit.
He was the promised Counselor and Guide sent when Jesus went to heaven.
IMPORTANCE: The Holy Spirit’s work demonstrated that Christianity was supernatural.
Thus the church became more Holy Spirit-conscious than problem-conscious.
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