Acts 8:26-40 - Great Commission in motion
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Obedience to the Great Commission
Obedience to the Great Commission
The order: ;
The order
To whom was the Great Commission directed to? The audience of (how many?) and (how many?) Disciples only?
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
THE GREAT COMMISSION IN MOTION
Faithlife Study Bible Introduction to Acts
Acts shows what it means to be part of Jesus’ mission to the world. The apostles set the example of what it means to be fully devoted to Christ and enveloped by the Holy Spirit.
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And Saul approved of his execution.
And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem - Act
Judaea
Samaria
uttermost part of the earth - .
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Author
Faithlife Study Bible Introduction to Acts
Acts shows what it means to be part of Jesus’ mission to the world. The apostles set the example of what it means to be fully devoted to Christ and enveloped by the Holy Spirit.
Luke - According to early church tradition, the author of Acts is Luke the physician, who traveled with the Apostle Paul (; ; ). The Gospel of Luke is also ascribed to him; this makes Acts his second volume about the story of early Christianity
to Theophilus - ... who might have provided financial support for Luke to write both books (; )
- ... who might have provided financial support for Luke to write both books (; )
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Luke to Theophiolus
Background
Background
Great Commission by Christ to His church
Focus: The proclamation of the Gospel
Context
Context
Gospel of Luke - From Nazareth to Jerusalem
From Nazareth to Jerusalem
Acts - 28 Chapters - From Jerusalem to Rome (center of the empire)
Faithlife Study Bible Introduction to Acts
Outline
• The church in Jerusalem (1:1–8:3)
• The church in Judaea and Samaria (8:4–12:25)
• Paul’s missions to the Gentiles (13:1–21:16)
• Paul in Jerusalem (21:17–26:32)
• Paul’s journey to Rome (27:1–28:31)
Chap. 1 - Ascention/ Matias
Chap. 2 - Pentecost
Chap. 3 - Peter and John (P&J) at the temple/ God healed the lame man/ Peter preaches repentance and faith in Christ.
Chap. 4 - Negative reaction of the priest, captain of the temple/ Sadducees/ 5000 believed/ P&J answered and preached to the authorities that questioned them/ P&J were forbiden to preach, refuse to obey it/ God gave them the fullfilnment with the Holy Spirit, with boldness/ They distributed their resources with one another.
Chap 5 - Ananias and Sapphira/ Fear within the church/ faith and healing/ Prison of the apostles/ God free them through angel/ They keep obeying God, and not man.
Chap 6.
Chap 7.
Chap 8.
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the angel of the Lord
Philip
from Jerusalem unto Gaza
a man of Ethiopia
The Spirit
prophet Esaias
One Message - The Gospel
One Message - The Gospel
Unchangeble in its content
Unchengeble in its content
Unchengeble in its content
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For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
Life-changing in its results
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Messenger
Messenger
Philip
Recipients
Recipients
a man of Ethiopia