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The Glories of God!

The Glories of God!. An Introduction to Acts. The Beginnings!!. Genesis 1:1...THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD... Matthew 1:1...THE BEGINNING OF GENEOLOGY John 1:1 THE BEGINNING OF Jesus AS A MAN Acts 1:1...THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH. In this precious book we can find the beginning of:.

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The Glories of God!

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  1. The Glories of God!

  2. An Introduction to Acts... The Beginnings!! Genesis 1:1...THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD... Matthew 1:1...THE BEGINNING OF GENEOLOGY John 1:1 THE BEGINNING OF Jesus AS A MAN Acts 1:1...THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH

  3. In this precious book we can find the beginning of: • The promise of the Holy Spirit... • The beginning of the First Sermon preached... • The beginning of the First day of the week... • The beginning of the Holy Spirit as a gift... • The beginning of the End... A new promise for all of us!!!

  4. Why Acts? ACTS OF THE APOSTLES? To answer this question let’s see some points… • “THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES” (KJV, NKJV, NASB, RSV) • “ACTS OF THE APOSTLES” .....(NEB) • 3. “THE ACTS”....(ASV) • 4. “ACTS” .... (NIV) “History of Christian Origins”

  5. “History of Christian Origins” At the of end of the 1st, Century and at the beginning of the 2nd, the books were separated! Becoming: “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE” “ACTS OF THE APOSTLES”

  6. The title “ACTS OF THE APOSTLES” Peter, Paul, James, and John The term Acts of the Apostles is both too broad and too narrow. It is too broad because the book does not tell of the acts of all the apostles. It is too narrow because, other than Peter and Paul, the main characters in the book are not apostles at all. Rather they are “ORDINARY” Christians doing their best to spread the GOSPEL: Christians such as Stephen, Phillip, Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, Apollos, Aquila and Priscilla.

  7. Peter = Petra A small rock Peter covers from chapters 1 to 12, Andrew his brother...John 1:40-42. A fisherman from Galilee... Matthew 4:18-19 A pillar in the church in Jerusalem... Galatians 2:9 Opened the door for the gentiles... Acts 10 Peter the preacher at Pentecost...Acts 2.

  8. Paul =Small In stature Paul covers from Chapters 13 to the end of the book. A very important man in Jesus’ redemption plan, for human kind. Jesus was in need of a man with the caliber of Paul.

  9. The Blasphemer... 1 Timothy 1:13 13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. One of the most mistreated apostles for Jesus’ sake. He established many churches during his ministry. When we talk about Corinth, Galatians, Collose, Fillipi, Thessalonica, Derbe, Lystra, Iconium etc we think of Paul. Paul the traveler and also the eloquent man who spread the power of the Gospel to the end of the world in those days, Rome. Paul the Pharisee and Doctor of the law, Paul the man who spoke 3 languages, Paul the well educated man at the feet of Gamaliel...

  10. Then besides Peter and Paul we have some men who worked very hard in the beginning, in order to spread the gospel to all people. These men are: • Stephen. Phillip. Barnabas. Sylvanus. Timothy. Apollos, Priscilla and Aquila.

  11. The Author Acts 1:1...The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Luke 1:3... it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, “treatise”

  12. How do we know that the two books were written by the same person? Do we have any internal evidences to prove that Luke is the writer? Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-21:18; 27:1-28:16. “we.” Luke was present during Paul’s journey to Rome. Acts 27:2; 28:16.

  13. Other testimonies outside of the Bible, or secular writers as Tertulliam, Irenaueus Clement of Alexandria, men who lived during the last part of the second century, they all named Luke as the Author of Acts… The Author was a Doctor, a Physician. We know this by the way Paul refers to him in Colossians 4:14 He was a very pleasing man to be around with, Paul called him “beloved” in Colossians 4:14. That implies that he had a pleasing personality.

  14. To Whom? THEOPHILUS. Who was this Theophilus? Theophilus is a compound Greek word theos (God) with either philos or philia which means love or lover. The name can either mean “one who loves God” or “one who is loved by God”

  15. “Most excellent” Acts 23:26... ... “to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings” Acts 24:3... “we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, Acts 26:25...“I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason. Luke 1:1-4 indicates that Theophilus was a Christian. (perhaps a relatively new one) and that Luke determines to write an orderly account of the life of Jesus and the early days of the church, so Theophilus “might know the exact truth about the things [he had] been taught”

  16. Why, was the Book written? Luke has a historical purpose Luke and Acts are not merely accounts of history, but they do have a strong historical thrust as they tell of the life of Christ, and the history of the early church. Luke had a Christological purpose. In Acts 1:1 Luke referred to his previous volume as “the first account I composed,...about all that Jesus “began” to do and to teach. “Began” may simply be an auxiliary verb, but many commentators believe (and I agree) that the implication is that the second volume tells “about all that Jesus continued to do and to teach.”In almost the whole book, Luke exalts the Name of Jesus above every other name.

  17. Why, was the Book written? Luke has a mission in purpose. Acts 1:2 notes that Jesus Ascended “after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. The mission is to go out and preach the Gospel to every creature...This, we call the great commission. We will see this in almost the whole book of Acts. The book is historical. We must not lose sight of this important point, Jesus is working among his children, Jesus will keep his promises, so, the purpose of Luke is to keep us informed about everything that Jesus does and says...

  18. When, was the Book written? We cannot be sure of the exact date, but it is my opinion that the book was completed in late AD 62 or early AD 63. This would be at the end of the two years mentioned at the end of the book. Why am I saying this? 1. Luke presented Rome and Romans in a good light. This would seem strange if he wrote the book after Rome burned in AD 64, and Nero’s persecution of the Christians had already begun.

  19. When, was the Book written? 2. Paul did not think he would see the Ephesians elders again (cf. Acts 20:38). Apparently, he did seem them again (1 Timothy 1:3). 3. It was not written after AD 70. This was a great tribulation for many Jews living in Jerusalem when the Roman Empire headed by General Titus the son on Vespasian came to Jerusalem and destroyed almost everything, fulfilling the prophesy of Jesus about the destruction of Jerusalem. Luke does not mention anything about this event.

  20. From where, was Book written? Rome for sure is one of the places. They stayed in Rome for a long period of Time. We know that Luke traveled with Paul to Rome and that he probably stayed with him, until the end of Paul. (Acts 27:1; Philemon 23)

  21. As we get ready to study one of the most fascinating books of the Bible, let’s keep in mind that the purpose is not just to know the events that happened in those days, but to look for the message, the lesson, that we can learn as a church. If we can learn from the book of Acts and be a strong church for Jesus, then we have accomplished the purpose, the reason, why I started preparing this book. Acts My purpose with this book is to study it very carefully and to take our time in the most important event that we will see in it... We are planning to Study the book in a Hermeneutical way. That is “verse by verse, word by word, and phrase by phrase”.

  22. At the end, of course, we will apply the lesson for our own benefit and into our own circumstances. We are going to entangle ourselves into 28 chapters of one of the books that has been studied more than any other book. My prayer to my Father in heaven is that He can send blessings upon us as we enter the Text so that we can give the appropriate interpretation. We will speak were the Bible speaks and keep silent were the Bible is silent. We are not planning to speculate. If we don’t have the answer for something we will continue, but we are not going to stay and formulate any speculations of the book in any of its chapters. Acts May the Lord bless to receive the lessons from this book...

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