ÿ rrirrïrriiiïrrttiiiiirrlriifiirfiiiifilfiiiiifiitririiirtifliriiifittfiifriritrtiiifn iiiirrtfrittU fu lfiiifffffïrrrrftfrrrrrrffffrfirfirrrrfrrm ifrrm riTrfn rm rrrrn irH Ê I BIBLE <*##> BRIEFS J I MARGINAL NOTÉS FOR YOUR STUDY BIBLE I iriiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM iiiiiiiiiiiiaiiaiiiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii The book of Acts— a handbook on soul-winning. iitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijim iiiiiimm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim liimm iiiiiiiiis brotherhood of man” but th e b ro th er hood of believers.1 The first church burial, 1^at of a hy pocrite—Acts 5:6.
The Holy Spirit is mentioned over fifty tim es in th e booft of Acts. It should be called “The Acts of th e Holy Spirit.”* The church is mentioned nineteen times in Acts, th ree times in th e Gos pels (where it was only in prospect), sixty-two times in P au l’s Epistles. / In th e Old Testament—God a t work for man. In th e Gospels— Christ at work w ith men. In the Acts— th e Holy Spirit a t work in men. ' The baptism of th e Holy Ghost is re ferred to before Pentecost in Matt. 3: 11, 13 and Acts 1:5. It is not mention ed a fte r Pentecost except in referring to th e baptism on the day of Pentecost (1 Cor. 12.: 13). The word “filled” is used eleven times in th e first nine chapters of Acts. The baptism of th e Spirit m arks th e beginning of th e Body of Christ. Being born of th e Spirit, we participate in th a t baptism. The word for Christians now is, “Be filled w ith th e Spirit.” Acts 1:8. The prom ise of power— “Ye shall.” The Person of power— “the Holy Ghost.” The purpose of power— “Ye shall be w itnesses.” The first church prayer meeting— Acts 1:14. No jargon of incoherent speech when ■ the g ift of tongues was bestowed on the day of Pentecost—-Acts 2:8. A model sermon— P e te r’s first ser mon on th e day of Pentecost—-A cts 2. There are seven references in the New Testam ent to Ps. 110:1. See Acts 2:34. The first inquiry meeting in the church—Acts 2:37. Note th a t Acts 4:32-34 is not “the
The first note of discord in th e c h u rc h SA cts 5.: 3. The second— 6:1. The first contention in the church was over a money m atter—Acts 5:3. The first to get th e crown of m arty r dom in th e church—-Acts 6:8-9. How to carry your point—-Acts 6:10. F irs t m anifestation of th e glorified Christ afte r Pentecost— Acts 7:55. Heaven opened: 1. F o r Jesus (Mt. 3 :1 6 ).“ 2r F o r Stephen (Acts 7 :5 5 ). 3. Fo r P eter (Acts 1 0 :11 ). 4. Fo r Paul (Acts 9 :3 ; 2 Cor. 1 2 :2 ). 5. F o r Christ (Rev. 4 :1 ; 19 :11 ). Sins against th e Spirit: Christians grieve the Spirit (Eph. 4 :3 0 ); quench th e Spirit (1 Thess. 5 :1 9 ). Unbelievers blaspheme th e Spirit (Mt. 1 2 :3 1 ); re sist the Spirit (Acts 7 :5 1 ); in su lt the Spirit (Heb. 10 :29 ). The Holy Spirit as, 1. Thé Spirit of Life (Rom. 8 :2 ). 2. The Spirit of Light (2 Cor. 4 :6 ). 3. The Spirit of Love (Rom. 5 :5 ). Note th a t P aul suffered what Saul inflicted. 1. Stoned (Acts 7:58; 2 Cor. 11 :25 ). 2. Beaten (Acts 22:19; 2 Cor. 1 1 :25 ). 3. Persecuted (2 Cor. 11:32- 33). 4. Bound (Acts 9 :21 ; 24,:27). 5. Imprisoned (Acts 8 :3 ; 2 Cor. l l ^ 'S ) . 6. Delivered to death (Acts 22:4, 20; 14 :19 ). The first case of personal work re corded afte r Pentecost—Acts 8:26-27. The kernel of th e Gospel—Acts 8:32. The only kind of preaching th a t does any good—Acts 8:35. The value of home visitation work— Acts 9^:17.
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