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OCTOBER 31, 2021
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 1:1-4
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
JESUS CONTINUES TO ACT
INTRODUCTION
The heading in your Bible probably reads, “THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES”
That heading is not part of the original inspired scripture
It was given to us by the Bible Scholars who wrote the English version of the Bible
There is nothing wrong with it, but a little more detail is helpful
Actually-the book of Acts is the “Acts of the Holy Spirit” through the Apostles
And that which Jesus continued to do, by His Spirit, through His disciples
His disciples being the believers who follow Jesus
Acts begins with the promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit, Acts 1:4-5, 8
In the second chapter we find the descent of the Holy Spirit, falling upon the disciples
The presence of the Holy Spirit within the followers of Jesus was the beginning of the church age
The church could not be what we find in the rest of the book apart from the presence of the Spirit
The book of Acts is the work of the Holy Spirit in and through the church
How important is the book of Acts to us?
What if Acts was not in the Bible?
If we moved from the gospel accounts of Jesus, His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension
And then moved to the book of Romans, we would be filled with questions
Who is this man by the name of Paul who is writing to the saints in Rome?
How did the gospel get from Jerusalem to Rome?
Who was preaching the gospel?
We find the answers to those questions and many more questions in the book of Acts
INSTRUCTIONS AND PROMISES
We find instructions:
From the time of His resurrection until His ascension, Jesus had instructed His disciples
He instructed them concerning the Kingdom of God
He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem
He told them to wait for the promise of the Father
We find promises, Jesus said:
You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence
You shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you
You shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and throughout the world
There is also a question, “Why stand you gazing up into heaven?”
And there is one other promise, this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in
like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven
THE BEGINNING
Act 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and
teach,
Luke is the human author of the book of Acts, he also wrote the Gospel of Luke
Luke does not give his name in either the Gospel or Acts, he simply says, “I”
Luke was a Gentile and a physician who frequently traveled with Paul on his missionary journeys, Col
4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
The Gospel of Luke is “the former treatise,” that which was previously written about Jesus
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In the Gospel of Luke, we have the beginning of the Person and Work of Jesus Christ on earth
In the book of Acts, we have the continuation of the Person and Work of Jesus Christ on earth
Luke closes with the crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus
Acts begins with the Ascension of Jesus and the fulfilled promise of the coming of the Spirit
We have the beginning of the NT Church, the instructions and promises to the NT Church
What the church must do and can do through the Holy Spirit in the world in which we live
We learn of the power of the Christian life when filled with the Holy Spirit
The Christian of today must learn how the first century of Christianity lived for Christ
The continuation of the work of Jesus upon the earth is the work of the church
Jesus promised the present work of the church, Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth
on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my
Father.
Greater works because the Holy Spirit will indwell every believer throughout the world,
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with
you for ever;
The greater works in the life of a Christian requires the filling of the Holy Spirit, Eph 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Only through the ministry of the Spirit working in us are we “meet for the master’s use,”
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and
meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
The book of Acts is an unfinished book, it has not reached its conclusion yet
Chapters are still being written by the church and paragraphs are being written by each Christian
Soon the last chapter for the church age could be written, we could be that chapter (Mt 24:34)
It is now time for Christians to be zealous in the work of the Lord, Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
In the original Greek text Acts 1:1-4 is one long sentence
“Theophilus” is a name that means “friend of God,” in Luke he is called the “most excellent”
Which would identify him as a believer, well educated, upper class of society, important person
Acts is the continuation of what Jesus did and taught as found in the gospel accounts
“All” does not include everything that Jesus said or did as He walked upon the earth
All of the Gospel accounts together could not include all that Jesus did, Joh 21:25 And there are also
many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the
world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Amen.
“All” could not be written in the gospel accounts, and “all” is not written in the book of Acts
“All” refers to “all” that the Holy Spirit inspired Luke to write, we have “all” that we need
As Paul Harvey would say, in Acts, we have the rest of the story, up until Acts was written
But the rest of the story has not fully been told, the story continues today
The rest of the story concerns the life of every Christian today, my life, and your life
What we are allowing the Holy Spirit to do in our life is the continuation of the story of Jesus
The story will continue until the return of Christ to the earth
There are three miraculous experiences in the life of a Christian
The first is the spiritual birth, Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of
the Spirit is spirit.
The third miracle is the translation of the believer, being made like the Lord Jesus, 1Jn 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
In between the 1st and the 3rd is the second miraculous event, that we can live for Christ today,
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for
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