Test 1 - Acts 1-9 Flashcards
Who is the author of Acts?
Luke
Who was the book of Acts written to?
Theophilus
When was the book of Acts written?
Between A.D. 63 and 70
What are the sources of the book of Luke?
Personal Experience (“we”), Paul, Research
Kerygmatic
Christan Proclamation
Apologetic
Christianity is not a political threat
Conciliatory
Shows peter and Paul in parallel, not in conflict
What parts of Kerygmatic do we see in Acts?
death & resurrection birth life & teaching healing ministry fulfilled OT prophesy Also included was call for something (repentance)
Catechetical
teaching about church history
Important evens while waiting
Received their commission
Saw Christ go into heaven
Persevered together in prayer
Replaced Judas with Matthias
Pentecost
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
3 Supernatural Signs
Acts 2:1-13
Sound of wind
Tongues of Fire
Speaking in Tongues
Are the speeches in Acts Verbatim accounts?
Probably not -too short to be complete -"with many other words" -Luke not always present BUT - reliable summaries`
Nicanor Gate
called “Beautiful”
Times of Prayer
3rd hour (9am) 9th hour (3pm) Sunset
Response to Persecution - prayer
Acts 4:23-31
God is sovereign
Petitions
God is sovereign
Acts 4:23-31
God of Creation
God of Revelation
God of History
Petitions
Acts 4:23-31
Consider “their” threats
Enable “us” to speak with boldness
Stretch out “your” hand to heal
Healing and Church Growth
Acts 5:12-16
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
Joseph
aka Barnabas
A positive example
Owned property - sold the property and brought the money to the apostles.
Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 5:1-11
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
Potential Division
Hebraic - Hellenistic Jews
Acts 6:1-7
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
Two forms of ministry - word and table
Both require spiritual people
Not neglecting one for the other
Stephen
Acts 6:8-7:60
Gifted with powers the same as apostles.
This responsibility given by the church
Accused of blasphemy against Moses and God
Stephen/Jesus
Comparison in death
False Witnesses Charge of blasphemy Prayers (forgive executioners) (receive my spirit)
Cause and Effect Chain
Acts 8:1
Martyrdom - Persecution
Persecution-Dispersion
Dispersion-Evangelism
Jew
faith, ethnicity, obedience
- descendents from Abraham
- follow the law of Moses
- believe in God
Proselyte
faith, obedience
- converted to Judaism
- outside the line of Abraham
God-fearer
faith
-chosen theology, not adopted the law of Moses (specifically circumcision)
Gentile
pagan
follow paganism, live according to Philosophy
Philip in Samaria
Acts 8:5-25
Mass Evangelism Signs and Miracles Simon the Sorcerer Gift of the Holy Spirit Simony
Philip on the road to Gaza
Acts 8:26-40
Personal Evangelism
Leading of the Spirit
Ethiopian - “to Jerusalem to Worship”
Isaiah 53:7-8
Saul
from persecutor to Missionary
Saul’s Origin
Tarsus of Cilicia
Tribe of Benjamin
Roman Citizen
Saul’s Training
Tentmaking
Under Gamaliel
Saul’s Religion
Hebrew, Pharisee
Persecuted Christians
Witness in Damascus
Acts 9:19-25
Ananias - citizen, believer
Visit to Jerusalem
Acts 9:26-30
Barnabas brought him to the apostles
Met with Peter and James
Escape to Tarsus
Acts 2:21 (NIV)
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Acts 4:11 (NIV)
Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.
