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Section1:ReadActs2:22-47.a) ListthemainpointsofPeter’spreachingontheDayofPentecost.

b) Whatwastheeffectofthispreachingonmanyofthehearers(v37)?

c) ExplaintheresponsetotheGospelwhichPeterdeclarednecessaryifthehearersweretobeforgiven(v38)?

d) Examinecarefullyvs41-47andsetoutbelowwhattheseversesteachaboutthecharacter,lifeandwitnessofthisnewchurch.

Section2:ReadActs5:12-16a) WhometregularlyinSolomon’sPorch?

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b) Whatweremanyafraidtomeet?(v13)

c) WhatkindofpeoplewereNOTafraidtomeetwiththem,andwereaddedtotheirnumber?

Section3:Examinethefollowingreferences:-

Romans1:1-7;1Corinthians1:1-2;2Corinthians1;1;Ephesians1:1;Philippians1:1;Colossians1:1-2;1Thessalonians1:1-5;2Thessalonians1:1-5

AllarepartoftheopeninggreetingsinletterswrittenbytheApostlePaultovariousChurches.

a) ListthetermsPaulusesmorethanoncetodescribehisintendedreaders,andexplainwhatthesemean.

b) Paulusestheword“church”in1Corinthians1:2;2Corinthians1:1;1Thessalonians1:1;2Thessalonians1:1.Towhomdoesthistermrefer?

c) Inthelightofthishowwouldyoudescribethechurchanditsmembership?

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Section4:InEhpesians2:11-22someveryvividcontrastsaredrawnbetweendifferentgroupsofpeople.

a) TowhomdoesPaulreferinverses12&19?

b) HowdoesPauldescribethechangewhichhastakenplace?(vs13,16,19,20)

c) Howhasthischangecomeabout?

d) Whattermsareusedinvs21-22todescribethese“new”people?WhatdoesthisdescriptionteachaboutthechurchofChrist?

Section5:WhathaveyoulearnedfromthisstudyaboutthenatureofthechurchesofChristinNewTestamentdays?

Forfurtherstudy:2Corinthians5:14-18;1Corinthians5:9-13;Romans12:4-5;Ephesians4:1-16