1. Bible Survey The Acts of the Apostles

2. Bible Survey - Acts Title: English: The Acts of the Apostles Greek: Pra,xeij avposto,l wn

3. Bible Survey - Acts Author Luke

4. Bible Survey - Acts Date of Writing: 65-70 AD

5. Bible Survey - Acts Theme: The Expansion of the Gospel Acts 1:8 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.

6. Bible Survey - Acts Purpose of Writing: Luke’s main purpose in writing Acts is the same as his main purpose in writing the gospel: to provide Theophilus with an account of Christianity from the beginning up to his own time. Luke’s deeper purpose was to provide an account of the missionary activities of the early church and to demonstrate how the Spirit of Christ was accomplishing his own purpose in the expansion of the Gospel message.

7. Bible Survey - Acts Christ in Acts: 1. The Sermons 2. The Holy Spirit 3. The Martyrs

8. Bible Survey - Acts The Sermons Acts 2:36 God has made Him both Lord and Christ-- this Jesus whom you crucified.

9. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 3:20 That He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you.

10. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 7:52 They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

11. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 10:38, 43 You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power... Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.

12. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 13:23 From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus.

13. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 17:31 [God] has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.

14. Acts 26:23 that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.

15. Bible Survey - Acts The Holy Spirit Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

16. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 7:55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

17. Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.

18. Bible Survey - Acts The Martyrs Acts 7:59-60 They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" 60 Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" Having said this, he fell asleep. Stephen

19. Bible Survey - Acts Acts 12:1-2 Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. 2 And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword. James

20. Acts 21:13 For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Paul

21. Bible Survey - Acts Place in the Canon: Historically, Acts provides vital information regarding the early church. Theologically, Acts shows us the sovereign nature of the working of the Holy Spirit and the triumphant character of the church of Jesus Christ. Devotionally, we should be led to love God more deeply and we should be inspired to take our part in the work.