An Introduction

Bridges

Production Purpose Package

1. The Production of Acts

a. Person

Luke- The physician

Pauls companion

Served with him during the confinement

Greek

Evey for the specifice and a heart for the people

Colossians 4:14 “14 Luke, the dearly loved physician, and Demas send you greetings.”

Philemon 24 “24 Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my coworkers.”

2 Timothy 4:10–11 “10 because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.”

b. Providence

Before 64 AD the great Fire and the destruction of the temple

Paus release form Prison 61 AD

Part 2 of LUKE

Theophilis

Lover of God

Person after conversion

Largets Vocabulary of any NT writer 90 Found in the subtuegent

Lukes witness to the apostels

Lukes commentary

The Acts of the Apostels

2. The Purpose of Acts

a. Preservation

The Climax of Chirst WOrk in the early church.

of the early History of the church

Old tetemtnt Narritive

b. Progress

of the Word throughout the world

The evangelism by the Proclamation of The Logos

What is God’s view on what has taken place

What does God intend us to learn of here and now on what went down there and then

Luke streses the importance of salvation

Live out your faith in the mides of adversity.

3. The Package of Acts

a. Power

Acts 4:33 “33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.”

Acts 1:8 “8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.””

Healing

Cursing

Rising form the dead

Speaking in diffrent lanugars

Living throught getting bit by Snakes

Jail doors opening up

Visons of blankes

Conversions

b. Proclamation

Buildinrs, role of women, miricals humorous even travel.

Over 300 of the 1000 verses in acts

Jerusalem

Judea and Samaria

Ends of the Earth

Peter, Stephen, Philip, Paul,

Conclusion

The Building of bridges