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I. Introduction to the Book of Acts
A. The Bible is made up of 66 distinct books.
B. Why would the Book of Acts be the most important book for us today?
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In the Book of Acts we find the beginning of the New Testament Church.
2. In the Book of Acts we find the only plan of Salvation for us today.
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In the Book of Acts we see how this New Testament Church grew.
4. In the Book of Acts we see how this New Testament Church evangelized the world.
C. The Book of Acts was written by Luke—who also wrote the third Gospel.
1. Luke is first mentioned in the letters of the Apostle Paul as his coworker and as the beloved physician.
2. Luke is a Greek and the only Gentile Christian writer of the New Testament.
(He was the only Gentile writer of the whole Bible.)
3. Luke wrote more pages of the New Testament than any other writer, including Paul and John.(The longest Gospel was the Book of Luke.)
4. The gospels give us the birth, life, death, resurrection, and the ascension into heaven of Jesus.
They also give to us His teachings, healings, and miracles.
D. The Book of Acts is a continuation of the Book of Luke and was written to a man named Theophilus.
1. Luke and Acts make up a two-volume work.
The books of Luke and Acts' are about "salvation’s history" (Remember that Luke shows us the man—Jesus Christ)
E. Luke divides history into three stages:
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The arrival of Jesus the Messiah, from his birth to the beginning of his earthly ministry.
2. The earthly ministry of Jesus, ending in his death and resurrection.
3. Finally the time of the beginning of the Church, from Peter to Paul, from Jerusalem to Rome
F. The book of Luke is what Jesus did in His physical body.
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The book of Acts is what He did through His Spiritual body, the Church.
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The book of Acts has often been called “The Book of the Holy Spirit.”
The Holy Spirit (Ghost) is mentioned more than fifty times in the book.
i. Jesus (Flesh) was God (Spirit)—and so He is also the Holy Ghost.
ii.God revealed Himself in the Old Testament as Father.
Almighty God.
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God revealed Himself in the gospels as Son.
God in flesh.
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God revealed and continues to reveal Himself as The Holy Ghost in the Church.
2. This book covers about thirty years.
It begins with the ascension of the Lord and ends with Paul’s residence in Rome as a prisoner.
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You must study and understand this book from the perspective of it being a “What Happened Book.”
4. How were people born into this New Testament Church?
It tells us exactly how people were saved—born-again—in the early church.
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This is the written account, under the inspiration of God, of what happened in and to the early church.
How they were saved, what they preached.
The working of God.
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