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Test 1 - Acts 1-9 Flashcards

1
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Who is the author of Acts?

A

Luke

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2
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Who was the book of Acts written to?

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Theophilus

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When was the book of Acts written?

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Between A.D. 63 and 70

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What are the sources of the book of Luke?

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Personal Experience (“we”), Paul, Research

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Kerygmatic

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Christan Proclamation

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Apologetic

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Christianity is not a political threat

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Conciliatory

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Shows peter and Paul in parallel, not in conflict

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What parts of Kerygmatic do we see in Acts?

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death & resurrection
birth
life & teaching
healing ministry
fulfilled OT prophesy
Also included was  call for something (repentance)
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Catechetical

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teaching about church history

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Important evens while waiting

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Received their commission
Saw Christ go into heaven
Persevered together in prayer
Replaced Judas with Matthias

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Pentecost

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One of three main feasts in the Jewish Calendar
Male Israelites obligated to appear before the Lord
Feast of Weeks (7 weeks, 50 days); harvest festival
Commemoration of giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai

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12
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3 Supernatural Signs

Acts 2:1-13

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Sound of wind
Tongues of Fire
Speaking in Tongues

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Are the speeches in Acts Verbatim accounts?

A 
Probably not
-too short to be complete
-"with many other words"
-Luke not always present
BUT - reliable summaries`
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14
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Nicanor Gate

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called “Beautiful”

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15
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Times of Prayer

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3rd hour (9am)
9th hour (3pm)
Sunset
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16
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Response to Persecution - prayer

Acts 4:23-31

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God is sovereign

Petitions

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God is sovereign

Acts 4:23-31

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God of Creation
God of Revelation
God of History

18
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Petitions

Acts 4:23-31

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Consider “their” threats
Enable “us” to speak with boldness
Stretch out “your” hand to heal

19
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Healing and Church Growth

Acts 5:12-16

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Signs and wonders
Believers met together in public
Highly regarded by the people
Men and women believed and were added to their number
Peter's shadow
20
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Joseph

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aka Barnabas
A positive example
Owned property - sold the property and brought the money to the apostles.

21
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Ananias and Sapphira

Acts 5:1-11

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A negative example
Lied about amount gotten from selling land
Sin was NOT not turning it all in
Sin was lying about “giving” full amount

22
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Potential Division
Hebraic - Hellenistic Jews
Acts 6:1-7

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Elderly foreign Jews came so they could be buried in Israel
Therefore many foreign Jewish widows lived in Jerusalem
Synagogue provision for widows carried over to the church
Two forms of ministry - word and table
Result - church growth

23
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Two forms of ministry - word and table

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Both require spiritual people

Not neglecting one for the other

24
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Stephen

Acts 6:8-7:60

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Gifted with powers the same as apostles.
This responsibility given by the church
Accused of blasphemy against Moses and God

25
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Stephen/Jesus

Comparison in death

A 
False Witnesses
Charge of blasphemy
Prayers
(forgive executioners)
(receive my spirit)
26
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Cause and Effect Chain

Acts 8:1

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Martyrdom - Persecution
Persecution-Dispersion
Dispersion-Evangelism

27
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Jew

A

faith, ethnicity, obedience

  • descendents from Abraham
  • follow the law of Moses
  • believe in God
28
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Proselyte

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faith, obedience

  • converted to Judaism
  • outside the line of Abraham
29
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God-fearer

A

faith

-chosen theology, not adopted the law of Moses (specifically circumcision)

30
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Gentile

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pagan

follow paganism, live according to Philosophy

31
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Philip in Samaria

Acts 8:5-25

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Mass Evangelism
Signs and Miracles
Simon the Sorcerer
Gift of the Holy Spirit
Simony
32
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Philip on the road to Gaza

Acts 8:26-40

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Personal Evangelism
Leading of the Spirit
Ethiopian - “to Jerusalem to Worship”
Isaiah 53:7-8

33
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Saul

A

from persecutor to Missionary

34
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Saul’s Origin

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Tarsus of Cilicia
Tribe of Benjamin
Roman Citizen

35
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Saul’s Training

A

Tentmaking

Under Gamaliel

36
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Saul’s Religion

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Hebrew, Pharisee

Persecuted Christians

37
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Witness in Damascus

Acts 9:19-25

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Ananias - citizen, believer

38
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Visit to Jerusalem

Acts 9:26-30

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Barnabas brought him to the apostles
Met with Peter and James
Escape to Tarsus

39
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Acts 2:21 (NIV)

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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

40
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Acts 4:11 (NIV)

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Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.

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