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Acts
The New Testament Book that Tells the
Result of the Incarnation of Jesus
The Acts of the Apostles
Some of the acts of some of the apostles.
The Acts of the Holy Spirit
God’s Power Taking the Gospel to the Lost.
The Outline of Acts in One Verse
(Acts 1:8 NIV)
But you will receive power when the
Holy Spirit comes on you; and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth."
Three Point Outline of Acts
The Gospel …
• In Jerusalem
• In Judea and Samaria
• To the ends of the earth
1:1-8:3
8:8-12:25
13:1-28:31
Jerusalem 1:1-8:3
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Ascension
Replacement of Judas
Day of Pentecost
Healing of lame man
Peter and John in prison
Community functioning in Jerusalem
Death of Ananias and Sapphira
The miracles of the apostles
The apostles in prison and released
Choosing of the seven servants
Steven’s sermon and death
Judea and Samaria
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Phillip in Samaria
Conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch
Paul’s conversion
Peter heals Aeneas and Dorcas
Conversion of Cornelius
The gospel to Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch
Barnabas and Saul to Jerusalem
James executed
Peter’s miracle release for prison
Herod dies a terrible death
The Great Commission
Cornelius
Saved by the
Gospel
GOD
Sin Separates from God
Isa 59:2 NIV
But your iniquities have separated
you from your God; your sins have
hidden his face from you, so that he
will not hear.
Rom 3:23 NIV
...for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God,
Eph 4:18
...separated from the life of God because of the
ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of
their hearts.
The Cross and Jesus Blood
Acts 2:23 NIV This man was handed over to you by God's
set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of
wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
Eph 2:13 & 16 NIV But now in Christ Jesus you who once
were far away have been brought near through the blood of
Christ. ...16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them
to God through the cross, by which he put to death their
hostility.
Col 1:20 NIV and through him to reconcile to himself all
things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by
making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Col 2:14-15 NIV having canceled the written code, with its
regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to
us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having
disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public
spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
The Cross and New Testament Baptism
Rom 6:3 NIV Or don't you know that all of us who were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
John 19:34 NIV ... one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with
a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
Blood
and
Water
1 John 5:6 & 8 NIV This is the one who came by water and
blood--Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by
water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the
Spirit is the truth. ...8 the Spirit, the water and the blood;
and the three are in agreement.
SIN
Acts 22:16 NIV And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and
wash your sins away, calling on his name.'
1 Cor 6:11 NIV ... But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
The Purpose of New Testament Baptism
Acts 2:38 NIV Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
SIN
(Col 2:11-13 NIV) In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the
sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the
circumcision done by Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism and
raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from
the dead. 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your
sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
Results of New Testament Baptism
No Condemnation
Dead to sin
(Rom 6:3 NIV) Or don't you know that all of us who were
Alive to God
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Eternal life
Form one body
(Gal 3:27 NIV) for all of you who were baptized into
Sanctified
Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
God’s grace
Hope
Made alive
New creation
Reconciled
Justified
Freedom
Faith
Every spiritual blessing
God’s workmanship
Brought near to God
God’s eternal purpose
Forgiveness
Peace of God
In
Christ
GOD
Hearing
Faith
Confession
Repentance
Water
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Blood
No Condemnation
Dead to sin
Alive to God
Eternal life
Form one body
Sanctified
God’s grace
Hope
Made alive
New creation
Reconciled
Justified
Freedom
Faith
Every spiritual blessing
God’s workmanship
Brought near to God
God’s eternal purpose
Forgiveness
Peace of God
In
Christ
Out of Christ
SIN
The Great Commission
Cornelius
Saved by the
Gospel
To the Ends of the Earth
Paul’s First Missionary Journey
To the Ends of the Earth
Paul’s First Missionary Journey
• Cyprus
• Perga
– Departing of John Mark
• Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe
• Judiazing problem
– Discussion at Antioch
– Jerusalem Conference
To the Ends of the Earth
Paul’s Second Missionary Journey
To the Ends of the Earth
Paul’s Second Missionary Journey
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Dispute with Barnabas
Timothy joins Paul on the journey
At Troas: The Macedonian vision
Philippi:
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Thessalonica
Berea:
Athens: Paul at Mars Hill
Corinth: Aquila and Priscilla
Back to Antioch of Syria
– Conversion of Lydia
– Demon possessed girl
– Conversion of the Philippian Jailer
To the Ends of the Earth
Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
To the Ends of the Earth
Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
• Galatia and Phrygia
• Apollos and then Paul in Ephesus
– Baptism of John’s disciples
• To Macedonia and Greece
• Troas: Paul’s sermon
• Miletus: Paul’s farewell to the Ephesians Elders
• Caesarea: Prophecy about Paul’s future
• On to Jerusalem
Paul in Jerusalem
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Jewish vow
Riot at the temple
Before the Sanhedrin
A Plot against his life
– Moved to Caesarea
Paul in Caesarea
• Trial before Felix
• Before Felix and Drusilla
• Trial before Festus
– Appeal to Caesar
• Before Festus and Herod Agrippa
Voyage to Rome
• From Caesarea
• The storm: a northeaster
– 276 on board the ship
– Plot to kill the prisoners
• Shipwreck on Malta
– A viper from the fire