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Δ Facebook (opens in new tab) Week of December 31, 2023 X X Watch X X Go to our giving website Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to give online. If on a phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. X Download Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to view this. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. You will not lose any notes. Calvary Baptist Church Red Bank Introduction to Acts Archived – December 31, 2023 View This Week’s Note View All Past Notes View This Note w/o Blanks Main Scripture Reference(s) Acts 1:8 Introduction to Acts December 31, 2023 / Greg Powell / Acts 1:8 Acts is a transitional book. It moves us from law to grace, from Jews to Gentiles, from synagogues to churches, and from Judaism to Christianity. There are several ways to divide the book. It may be divided around the two main people: Peter (1-13) and Paul (13-28). It may be broken down according to the expansion of the gospel in Acts 1:8: Acts 1-6:7 involves the witness at Jerusalem. Acts 6:8-9:31 involves all Judea and Samaria. Acts 9:32 to the end involves spreading the gospel to the ends of the earth. I. The Church in the Upper Room (1-2) As long as there is one person who has never heard the gospel, the task is not . According to Matthew 28:19, He left the task to the . The Holy Spirit leads to gospel . He leads God’s people to be alive, alert, and active. The same power that caused the early church to is available to us today in the filling of the Holy Spirit. It’s the power for the Christian. II. The Church in Jerusalem (3-7) Too much fails in our churches because we don’t steadfastly and stick to it! We need more . In what did they continue? was the first priority – teaching the principles of God. III. The Church to Judea and Samaria (8-9) It was that God used to scatter the gospel message so that the church could expand to Judea and Samaria. We see the of the gospel message. Nothing can stop the . IV. The Church Concerning Gentiles (10-12) The church was made primarily of . But we know that God so loved the whole . God intervenes to remove the so the gospel can reach all people. V. The Church to the Uttermost Parts (13-28) Now, through the ministry of Paul, the Gospel leaves the “Holy Land” and heads . The book of Acts is a book as much as it is about the birth of the church. All of the evangelism, salvations, churches, missionary trips found in this book took place in years. 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