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ACTS
(26-week study)
Lesson Subject Passage
1 Pre-Pentecost Events 1:1-26
2 Day oI Pentecost 2:1-21
3 Peter`s Gospel Sermon 2:22-47
Profle oI Early Church
4 Miracles and Messages 3:1-26
5 Persecution, Prayers and More Preaching 4:1-37
Provision Ior All Needs
6 Purging and More Persecution 5:1-42
7 Deacons Selected, Stephen`s Ministry 6:1 7:60
8 Saul Persecutes the Church 8:1-40
9 Saul Converted, Saul Sent to Tarsus 9:1-31
10 Salvation Comes to the Gentiles 9:32 10:48
11 Peter`s Explanation oI Gentile Conversion 11:1-30
Founding the Church at Antioch
12 Persecution Intensifes 12:1-25
13 Paul`s First Missionary 13:1-43
Journey (Galatia)
14 Completion oI First Missionary Journey 13:44 14:28
15 The Jerusalem Council 15:1-35
16 Paul`s Second Missionary Journey (Corinth) 15:36 16:40
17 Paul`s Second Missionary Journey Continued 17:1-34
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18 Completion oI Second Missionary Journey 18:1-22
19 Paul`s Third Missionary Journey (Ephesus) 18:23 19:41
20 Third Missionary Journey Continued 20:1-38
21 Conclusion oI Third Missionary Journey 21:1-26
22 Paul`s Arrest and Trial by the Sanhedrin; 21:27 23:35
on to Caesarea
23 Paul`s DeIense beIore Felix and Festus 24:1 25:12
24 Paul`s DeIense beIore Agrippa 25:13 26:32
Missions ConIerence
25 Voyage and Shipwreck 27:1-44
26 Ministry in Malta, Ministry in Rome 28:1-31
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PASSAGE : Acts 1:1-26
KEY VERSE(S) : 'You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you and you shall be my witnesses...
(1:8)
SUBJECT : Pre-Pentecost Events
FOCUS : Power and prayer make ministry eIIective
Main Idea : The primary ministry oI every believer should Iocus on
proclaiming Christ in the power oI the Spirit and praying to know and
do God`s will.
Every believer should -
1. )*$+,-./ Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit
a. Focus on witnessing
'You shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you and you shall
be my witnesses. (1:8)
Note: The Holy Spirit is not given primarily to beneft the recipient
personally, but to enable and empower the believer to be a witness
to Christ. A believer without the power oI God is like a car without
gasoline it cannot perIorm the purpose Ior which it was made
(1:6-7).
b. Forget about things you cannot know or control (1:6-7)
Note: Christ told the disciples to quit worrying about the timing oI
the restored kingdom it was not their current business.
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c. Forge ahead in obedience (1:9-11)
Note: The disciples didn`t need to stand and gaze at the sky but be
obedient to the commands oI Christ.
2. )*-0 to know and do God`s will
'They were continually devoting themselves to prayer. (1:14)
'and they prayed (1:24)
Note: Prayer got the disciples spiritually ready Ior ministry ('they
were all oI one mind) and prayer provided the answer as to God`s
will Ior a replacement Ior Judas.
Conclusion: Power and prayer are the two key secrets oI successIul
ministry which believers desparately need.
Power provides enablement.
Prayer provides enlightenment.