Acts – Part 2
- Acts – Part 2
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Stephen challenged the Jewish leaders to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah. Paul's conversion was a key event in the history of the early church.
Outline
Acts
Part 2
VIII. Review: An Outline of Acts
A. Introduction: Founding the Church (1:1-2:41)
B. Part One: Christian Mission to the Jews (2:42-12:25)
1. The Church in Jerusalem (2:42-6:7)
2. The Church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria (6:8-9:31)
3. Advances in Palestine and Syria (9:32-12:25)
C. Part Two: Christian Mission to the Gentiles (13:1-28:31)
1. Paul's first journey and the Apostolic Council (13:1-16:5)
2. Paul's second and third journeys (16:6-19:20)
3. Paul's final travels to Jerusalem and Rome (19:21-28:31)
IX. Stephen's Breakthrough (Acts 6-7)
A. Changes: rejecting God's teaching on land
1. Defense: none remains without change – not needed by patriarchs
2. Implications: are all fulfilled in Christ – Christians inherit the whole earth
B. Changes: rejecting God's teaching on law
1. Defense: none remains without change – points to Christ
2. Implications: are all fulfilled in Christ – ethics based on New Testament
C. Changes: rejecting God's teaching on temple
1. Defense: none remains without change – not even God's ideal
2. Implications: are all fulfilled in Christ – worship in spirit and truth
X. Acts 2:38, 8:4-25, and 10:44-48
A. Acts 2:38 – belief, baptism, Holy Spirit
B. Acts 8:4-25 – belief, baptism [gap] Holy Spirit
C. Acts 10:44-48 – Holy Spirit [gap] belief, baptism
XI. The "Delayed" Arrival of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8)
A. Baptism – Confirmation
B. Salvation – Jew-Samaritan unity
C. Salvation – Baptism in the Spirit
D. Superficial response – Salvation
XII. Paul's Life Before His Letters
A. A.D. 5-10: birth in Tarsus
B. Age 5-12: elementary education
C. Age 12-14?: tentmaking apprenticeship
D. Age 15-18?: study with Gamaliel in Jerusalem
E. A.D. 32-35 (age twenty-something): conversion/call/commission
F. Until A.D. 47-48: "hidden years" but eventually in ministry in Syrian Antioch
XIII. Paul in Jerusalem in Acts
A. Conversion (9:1-25)
B. 1st trip (9:26-30)
C. 2nd trip (11:27-30)
D. Problems in Antioch (15:1-2)
E. Apostolic Council (15:4-29)
XIV. Paul in Galatians
A. Conversion (1:15-17)
B. 1st trip (1:18-24)
C. 2nd trip (2:1-10)
D. Problems in Antioch (2:11-14)
E. Paul writes this letter
XV. Exegetical Notes on Acts 11-12
A. 11:19-30 – Antioch: first source of the term "Christian" and key new step for mission
B. Chapter 12
1. Persecution: no rescue followed by rescue
2. Herod: no punishment followed by punishment
C. God is sovereign and the Church grows either way
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