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The Acts of the Apostles (summary & overview)
Suggested Author: Luke
- Acts 1:1- The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
- Former treatise = Gospel according to Luke
Suggested time of Acts: A.D. 61 – middle of second century
Theme(s): The resurrected Savior, Growth of the New Testament Church
- The
OT, Resurrection, testimony of the Apostles, and the Holy Spirit all bear
witness to the fact that Jesus is both Lord and Christ:
- Acts 2:22-36, Acts 10:43, Acts 4:12
- Acts tells the story from Jesus’ ascension to the NT Epistles
- The Book of Acts is the historical link between the Gospels and the Epistles.
- Acts
was written to trace the development of the body of Christ from Jew to predominately
Gentile membership:
- Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42-47
- Acts
2 records the fulfillment of the Great Commission and growth of the NT church:
- Matt. 19-20, Acts 5:14, Acts 6:7, Acts 9:31, Acts 12:24, Acts 13:49, Acts 16:5, Acts 19:20
- Acts records the history of Christianity from Christ’s ascension to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to the progress of the Gospel starting in Jerusalem and spreading throughout the Roman Empire.
- Acts
is a book of transitions:
- Gospels to Epistles
- Judaism to Christianity
- Law to Grace
- Movements in Acts:
- Witness
in Jerusalem (Acts 1:1-8:4)
- Christ appeared to disciples for 40 days (Acts 1:3)
- 3,000 souls converted to Christianity (Acts 2:41)
- Witness
in Judea & Samaria (Acts 8:5-12:25)
- Powerful preaching of Philip to those disliked by Jews (Gentiles)
- Peter and John confirm Philips work & exercise their apostolic authority
- God transforms Saul (Hebrew) the persecutor to Paul (Roman) the Gospel preacher
- Witness
to the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 13-28)
- Focus of Acts shifts from Peter to Paul
- Paul’s
3 missionary journeys begin in Antioch of Syria
- 1st journey: Galatia (Pisidian, Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe)
- 2nd journey: Galatia, Macedonia, Greece
- 3rd journey: Asia (Ephesus), Macedonia, Greece
Bro. Darrell Woodard (070419)
Hampton Avenue Church of Christ, Milwaukee, WI
July 07, 2019 darrellwoodard@rocketmail.com
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Darrell Anthony White Woodard serves as Minister of the McKeesport Church of Christ in McKeesport, PA.. He is a career educator and lifelong student of education having taught Social Studies, Language Arts, Special Education as well serving as a school counselor and multiple administrative roles including principal. He has served at every level from preschool through high school and college. In addition to his work as an educator extraordinaire, Dr. Woodard has also served as a family therapist and addictions counselor. Dr. Woodard is the founding editor of PEACE Readers INTL,; an e-publication for helping professionals and the communities they serve. PEACE Readers INTL is a wholesome platform of healthy expression written for good people from good people. We sincerely thank you for supporting balanced-literacy and PEACE by subscribing to PEACE Readers INTL. We hope you find the content both helpful and useful. Please encourage your family, friends, fellows, and perhaps even your foes to subscribe. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please submit your thoughts to feedback@read4peace.org or contact Dr. Woodard directly at d.white@read4peace.org.