Acts 1:12-26

What can we learn about in Acts?

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit

Worship (The Regulative Principle)

The Ordinary Means of Grace (Word, Prayer and Sacrament)

Church Government or Organization (Polity)

Church Offices (Apostle, Elders, Deacons)

Acts 1:12-13

Sabbath Day’s Journey (Kilometer)

Upper Room

Disciples or Apostles (Luke 6:13–16)

No Judas Iscariot

Only Peter, James, and John mentioned again in Acts

Acts 1:14

One accord

Devoted to prayer

Women, Mary, and Jesus’ brothers

Acts 1:15-17

120 present - “brothers”

Peters - spokesman

Holy Spirit by the mouth of David

Judas - pre-ordained

Acts 1:18-20

"Parenthesis”

Ps 69:25 and Ps 109:8

Acts 1:21-23

Office of Apostle

Baptism of John to Ascension and witness to the Resurrection

Joseph and Matthias

Acts 1:25-26

Prayer

Cast Lots - Proverbs 16:33

Matthias

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