The book of acts gives a unique glimpse into the life and practice of the early church. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. It describes the coming of the holy spirit at pentecost in acts 2, the spread of the gospel outside of jerusalem in acts 8 and to the gentiles in acts 10, how the church made decisions in regards to doctrine acts 15, and more. Critics claim that the kjv, by merely transliterating the name, misleads readers into thinking that these verses about joshua the son of nun are about jesus christ.
Acts 7, new international version niv the bible app. They practised exorcisms as a profession, and went from city to city, pretending with charms and spells to cure those who were looked on as possessed with demons. The church isnt just a name or a building or even a worship service. In acts, jesus sends the holy spirit to empower his disciples as they carry.
I emphasized that the two books seem to show us that the ministry of jesus is continued through his church. Luke and acts both focus on jesus s ministry to the gentiles. The book of acts clearly focuses on the beginnings of the church, and two people the apostle peter, and the one who actually possessed the courage to go to the farthest parts of the known world with the gospel of jesus christ, his name was paul the apostle. The book of acts is an important book for understanding the actions of the apostles, mostly paul and peter, after jesuss ascension into heaven. Acts 2 when the day of pentecost arrived, they were all. Remind the children that last week we talked about peter and john healing the lame man in the name of jesus. Acts 1 new international version niv jesus taken up into heaven. Names, titles and characters of jesus christ includes the son, the father, god, jehovah, the almighty, the word, the man, the babe, jesus, the lamb of god. There is another i am statement in the book of revelation, but these i am statements in the gospel of john point back to the old testament and also. Acts 7 new international version niv stephens speech to the sanhedrin. The men belonged to a lower section of the class of which we have already seen representatives in simon of samaria or elymas of cyprus.
Towns covers both the old and new testament names of jesus and god the father enumerating the hebrew, aramaic and greek names accurately and. This sets the stage for the rest of the book of the spirit being poured out. Kjv the book of acts is the historical link between the. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in jesus christ.
The god of glory appeared to our father abraham while he was still in mesopotamia, before he lived in harran. Therefore, the coming of the spirit proves that jesus has been exulted. The writer is revealed in a few passages while the recipient remains shrouded in mystery. If there are any new children, have extra name tags available and a book of names to look up the meaning of their names. He would have had access to the disciples and eyewitness accounts he used to compile the book of luke luke 1.
The book of acts, also called acts of the apostles, does not specifically identify its author. Core christianity why the book of acts matters for your life. As the number of the disciples kept growing one of the problems that arose was to look after the widows and young children. Acts date and purpose the book of acts is simply called.
The gospel of john is the only gospel that contains all seven of jesus i am statements, and each one is significant and had special meaning which only the jews could understand. Pages in category people in acts of the apostles the following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. The gospel spread from israel, northward to antioch, and then westward to. The name of jesus in the book of acts grace and peace. The new world translation of the holy scriptures is published by jehovahs witnesses. The book of acts provides a bridge for the writings of the nt. Characters of the acts of the apostles bible study guide. Be the church, the book of acts shared by tom owen. As a second volume to lukes gospel, it joins what jesus began to do and to teach 1.
Acts is a fastmoving historical account of the first three decades of the church. Jesus christs names, titles and characters study resources. This versebyverse bible study and commentary of the acts of the apostles the book of acts or simply acts is indepth but uses plain language that everyone can understand, as well as a format that will engage you. The name of jesus in the book of acts page 2 of 3 his humanity jesus and mission christmessiah led to his throne lord. This is the story of christianitys beginnings and how evangelism played. Synopsis of the book of acts from the bible jack wellman. Both his gospel and the book of the acts of the apostles are addressed from luke to theophilus.
The book of acts provides a detailed, orderly, eyewitness account of the birth and growth of the early church and the spread of the gospel immediately after the resurrection of jesus christ. In the first post of this series i highlighted the unity of lukeacts. The author of acts speaks about himself in the first person acts 27. Acts 1 niv jesus taken up into heaven bible gateway.
The book of acts is the record of that commission beingcarried out. No footnotes, personal notes, or other related content available. A list of sermons in the book of acts leadership resources. Its narrative supplies a bridge connecting the life and ministry of jesus to the life of the church and the witness of the earliest believers. The seven, often known as the seven deacons, were leaders elected by the early christian church to minister to the community of believers in jerusalem, to enable the apostles to concentrate on prayer and the ministry of the word and to address a concern raised by greekspeaking believers about their widows being overlooked in the daily diakonia or ministry. And abraham became the father of isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. The tradition from the earliest days of the church has been that luke, a companion of the apostle paul, wrote the books of luke and acts colossians 4. At that time the apostles lived in and worked from antioch acts 11. The seven i ams of jesus what christians want to know.
Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. It is an important book in understanding how we can be directed by the holy spirit and the role of jesus lessons in our lives. And the book of john ends with jesus preparing his disciples for his. I told you about all these things in the first book that i wrote for you, theophilus.
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