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1、IntroductionThebookofActscontainsimportantinformationforalltoday.ActsrecordsthebeginningsofthechurchandrevealsthestepsonemustobeytobecomeaChristian.ThelifeandtravelsoftheapostlePaularefollowed.TheactsofPeterandPhiliptheEvangelistarerecordedhereaswell.Actsspansaperiodo

2、fabout30years(AD33-63).ThefinalwordsofActsconcludewithPaul’simprisonmentinRome(Acts28:30-31).Isaiahprophesiedthatthechurchwouldbeestablishedinthe“latterdays”andthatthe“thelaw,andthewordofJehovahfromJerusalem”wouldbeaccomplished(Isa.2:2-4).Luketellsusthatthelawwouldgof

3、orthfromJerusalemaswell(Lk.24:44f).Acts2recordsthebeginningofthechurchandthelawgoingforth.Prophecyregardingthechurchiscomplete.ThevalueofActsisinthefactthatprophecyofoldisfulfilled.ThechurchisestablishedandthelawofJesusChristgoesforthfromJerusalem.BothJewandGentileare

4、subjectsofGod’slove!TheauthorofthebookofActsisLuke.TheintroductionofActsandthebookofLukehelpustodeterminetheauthorofActs.BoththebooksofLukeandActsareaddressedtothe“mostexcellentTheophilus.”Thename“Theophilus”means“loverofGod.”Nothingisknownaboutthisindividualbutanindi

5、vidualheis.Paul’saddresstobothFelix(Acts23:26;24:3)andFestus(Acts26:25)provethatTheophilusisaperson,notageneral“loverofGod.”Additionally,Lukeusesthefirstpersonpronoun“we”inActs16whichisfurtherproofofhisauthorship.TherearenineteenspecificexamplesofmenandwomenbecomingCh

6、ristiansinthebookofActs(Cf.Appendix#3).TheseexamplesareinvaluabletoChristianstoday.Theyhelpusunderstandwho,where,whenandhowgospelpreachingaffectedthesoulsofpeople.141Chapter1(30)33ADI.IntroductiontothebookofActs(1:1-11):A.LukeaddressesTheophilus(Cf.introductionabove).

7、B.LukereferstohisfirstepistletoTheophilus,thebookofLuke,whichincluded“allthatJesusbeganbothtodoandtoteach”untilheascendedintoheaven(vs.1-2).C.Jesushadgivencommandstotheelevenapostlesduringthe40daysbetweenhisresurrectionandHisascensionintoheaven(vs.3).1.Duringthistimeh

8、etaughtthemaboutthekingdomofGod.2.JesusinstructedtheapostlestowaitinJerusalemforthe“baptismoftheHolySpirit”(Cf.Appendix1onth