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Acts 1:1
The former account I made, O
Theophilus, of all that Jesus
beganbegan both to do and teach …
Acts
Author
Date
Reader
Portrait
Purpose
Luke the doctor
AD 60s
Theophilus
Head of church
Four-fold objective
Luke the doctor
AD 60s
Theophilus
Head of church
Four-fold objective
Purposes of Acts
1. Historical As a master As a master
historian, Luke historian, Luke
set out to write an set out to write an
orderly and orderly and
authoritative authoritative
account of the account of the
early church.early church.
Purposes of Acts
1. Historical
2. Apologetic
Luke wants to Luke wants to
calm Roman calm Roman
persecution by persecution by
showing Chris-showing Chris-
tians as law-tians as law-
biding citizens.biding citizens.
Purposes of Acts
1. Historical
2. Apologetic
3. Theological
Luke uses history Luke uses history
to teach doctrine to teach doctrine
about Christ, the about Christ, the
church and the church and the
Spirit. Spirit.
Purposes of Acts
1. Historical
2. Apologetic
3. Theological
4. Missionary
Jesus carries out Jesus carries out
his mission to his mission to
redeem the world redeem the world
by the Holy Spirit by the Holy Spirit
working thru the working thru the
church.church.
Key Verse: Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be witnesses to Me in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the end of the
earth.
The FORM of Acts
PeterPeter PaulPaul1:1 13:1 28:31
Acts can be divided according to its
two main characharacterscters
The FORM of Acts
JerusalemJerusalem Ends of EarthEnds of EarthJudea & SamariaJudea & Samaria
1:1 7:1 10:1 28:31
Acts can be divided on the basis of its
three mission fields
The FORM of Acts
The best way to divide Acts is on the
basis of five summaries Luke includes:S
um
: 6:
7
Su
m:
9:31
Su
m:
12:2
4
Su
m:
16:5
Su
m 1
9:20
Acts 6:7
Then the word of God spread, and
the number of the disciples
multiplied greatly in Jerusalem,
and a great many of the priests
were obedient to the faith.
Acts 9:31
Then the churches throughout all
Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had
peace and were edified. And walking in
the fear of the Lord and in the comfort
of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
Acts 12:24-25
But the word of God
continued to grow and to be
multiplied.
Acts 16:5
So the churches were
strengthened in the faith,
and increased in number
daily.
Acts 19:20
So the word of the
Lord grew mightily
and prevailed.
The FORM of ActsJe
ws
only
Jew
s on
lySa
mar
itans
Sam
arita
ns
Rom
e!
Rom
e!
Nat
ions
Nat
ions
Gen
tiles
Gen
tiles
God
-fear
ers
God
-fear
ers
Su
m:
6:7
Su
m:
9:31
Su
m:
12:2
4
Su
m:
16:5
Su
m 1
9:20
The FEATURES of Acts
1. The powerpower of the Holy Spirit
2. The persecutionpersecution of the church
3. The prayersprayers of the saints
4. The preachingpreaching of the gospel