Day 3 - NT Bible Study - Book of Acts Overview
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Twelfth Day of Christmas
Tuesday, 5 January 2021
Bible in Time: New Testament Study
Today: My Overview of the Acts of the Apostles
Tomorrow: Acts 1 & 2; Revolutionary pp. 33-34
Prayer Suggestion:
Center for Action and Contemplation
Dear Friends in Christ,
Welcome to the book of the Acts of the Apostles.
Acts is a wonderment of history, travel, the founding
of churches, major first decisions of the Church,
and featuring Peter and Paul.
The Book of Acts is volume 2 from the writer of the
Gospel of Luke. The gospel speaks of Jesus and Acts
speaks of the founding and expansion of the Church.
The key question in Acts - Is the way of Jesus a
subset of the Jewish faith or is it something new?
The book of Acts reads like an adventure with
new churches being founded in Asia and Europe.
We start with Jesus rising to heaven and asking
his disciples to carry on the ministry, making
more disciples, and coming together in community.
We end with Paul going to Rome to face a trial.
In his Introducing the New Testament, Mark Powell
says about Acts …
“The theology of Acts focuses, first, on God as having
sovereign control over all of history. God sometimes guides
people by revealing what has been predestined. God has
also proven faithful in keeping promises; thus, the transfer
of divine blessings from Israel to gentiles must be
understood as a consequence of Israel’s rebelliousness
and not of God’s unfaithfulness. The book of Acts does
emphasize that a remnant of Israel continues to be faithful,
and the book presents Jerusalem as the center of the
Christian movement. The book of Acts also presents
Jesus as still present within the church, and it links the
reception of present and future salvation to him. Much of
Acts is taken up with an enthusiastic account of the church
at work in the world, a mission that is marked by charismatic
manifestations of the Holy Spirit, miracles, numerical
growth, and victorious, triumphant living.”
Look for maps of the Apostle Paul missionary journeys
and his trip to Rome in your study Bible or online.
Reading Acts 1 & 2 we are in year 30 and beginning
near Jerusalem.
Pray and embrace the adventure of founding the Way of Love.
In Christ,
Dave Eitland
Note: “Revo.” or “Revolutionary” refers to our
textbook “Revolutionary Bible Study” by Gene
Edwards, ISBN 978-0-97975157-8, © 2009.
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