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COPYRIGH T BY W ILLIAM EVANS
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
SYNOPSIS
(d ) The Church organizing, 6:1-7. (e) The Church sealing its testimony in blood, 6 :8-7 ;60. 2. The Church extending its borders into Judea and Samaria, 8:1-11:18. (a ) The scattering o f the Church throughout Judea and Samaria, 8 :l-4. (b ) The diffusion o f the gospel in Sa maria by the preaching o f Philip, Peter, and John, 8:5-39. (c ) The Church’s greatest enemy, Saul o f Tarsus, captured and converted, 9:1-31. (d ) The activities o f Peter at Lydda, Joppa, Caesarea, 9:31-11:18. (e ) New Gentile headquarters for the Church—Antioch, 11:19-30. ( f ) The scattering o f the Church at Jerusalem, 12 :l-23. III. The growth and extension o f the 1. The missionaries chosen and set apart by the Holy Ghost and the Church, 13:1-3, cf. 12:24, 25. 2. The first missionary journey o f Paul, 13:5-14:28. 3. The great convention at Jerusalem, 15:1-33. 4. The second missionary journey—To Asia and Europe, 15:36-18:22. 5. The third missionary journey, 18:23- 21:17. Church amgng the Gentiles—"to the uttermost, parts of the earth,” 1 3 : 1 - 28 : 31 —The acts o f Paul.
Introductory? c. 1. 1. The address and purpose o f the book, Î.T-3. 2. The ascension and parting instruc tions o f our Lord, 1 :4-ll. 3. The choice o f the twelfth apostle— Matthias, 1:12-26. I. The birthday o f the Church, 2 : 1 - 47 . 1. The waiting company o f believers baptized with the Holy Ghost, 2 :1-13. 2. The first Christian assembly and com munity, 2 :41-47. (a ) Spirit filled apostles accepted as spiritual guides. (b ) Divine ordinances cheerfully ac cepted—Baptism and communion. (c ) Victorious joy, praise, etc. II. The growth and extension o f the church among the Jews in Palestine —The gets o f Peter, cc. 3 - 12 . 1. The Jewish-Christian church in Jeru salem, 3 :l-7:60. (a ) The Church in conflict with exter nal opposition, 3:1-4:31. (b ) The Church in internal conflict, 4:32-5:11. (c ) The divine endorsement o f the apostles as authoritative teachers, 5 :12-42. (1) By giving them supernatural power, 5:12-16. (2) By miraculously delivering the apostles from the hands o f their enemies, 5 :17-42.
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