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The
former treatise have I made, O
Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day
in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had
given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Acts
1:1-2
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From the opening
verses
we see that Acts was written by the same person who
wrote
the third gospel. This is accepted as being Luke the beloved physician
(
Lk.1-4; Col.4:14; II
Tim.4:11) Luke
finishes
his account when Paul was at Rome and had spent two years
there.
Luke
never
mentions Paul's first appearance before Nero (II
Tim.4:16), as
Paul did in his letter to
Timothy,
let alone his martyrdom. So we can conclude that Acts was
written
c. AD 62.
The title given to this book is usually 'The Acts of the Apostles',
however from the opening verses we should call it 'The continuing Acts
of Jesus From Heaven'
2.Message
The
book is more than just a history of the
early
church; it
shows the New Testament pattern of things. If we want to be New
Testament Christians we need to follow the new Testament
pattern.
3.
Key verse
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But
ye shall receive
power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and
unto the
uttermost
part of the earth.
Acts
1:8
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4. Outline
Main
Section
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Subsection
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Ref.
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Starting
in Jerusalem
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Preparation
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Ch.1
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Pentecost
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Ch.2
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Power
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Ch.3
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Prison
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Ch.
4
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Perception
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Ch.5
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Problems
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Ch.6
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Price of true faith
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Ch.7
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Judea
& Samaria
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The Gospel going
North
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Ch.8:1-25
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Uttermost
parts of the Earth
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The Gospel going
South
(Ethiopia)
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Ch.8:26-40
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The Gospel going
East
(Damascus)
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Ch.
9
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The Gospel going
West (
Cornelius)
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Ch.
10-12
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Paul's journeyings
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Ch. 13-28
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1st
Journey
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Ch.13-14*
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2nd. Journey
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Ch. 15-18:22
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3rd. Journey
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Ch. 18:23-21:17
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Arrest and to Rome
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Ch.21:18 - 28
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* note
that the first church conference took place between the first two
journeys, to consider the question of circumcision.
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