Acts course

Fairly advanced course for use after the standard course.

CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION

The Acts of the Apostles

Acts Chapter 9

Saul had watched while Stephen was stoned (chapter 6) and was persecuting (trying to kill or imprison) Christian believers.
Q9.1  Who had given Saul permission to persecute the believers at Damascus (verses 1,2)?
Q9.2  The Lord Jesus Christ spoke to Saul, in verses 4-6. What was he telling him?

Saul was now certain that the Lord Jesus Christ had been raised from the dead. Now he knew that he had been wrong to persecute the followers of Christ. He had to repent.
Q9.3  For how many days did he go without food and drink?
Q9.4  Why didn't Ananias want to go and look for Saul?
Q9.5  What did God tell Ananias about Saul?
Q9.6  What did Saul do after Ananias had healed him?
Q9.7  What did Saul immediately preach about?

Verses 23-30 tell us some of the troubles Saul had during his first few years as a follower of Christ. These were only a few of the troubles he suffered.
Q9.8  By whose power was Aeneas healed?
Q9.9  This power was so great that by it Peter and John could even raise the dead. What was the name of the person brought back to life in this chapter?
Q9.10 Can people do miracles like this today, as Peter and John did? (see note on the Holy Spirit in chapter 8).

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Acts Chapter 10

Until this time the early church was made up of Jewish Christians only. The Jews hated Gentiles (non-Jews), so they did not think God could possibly want to save Gentiles. But God wants Jews and Gentiles to turn to Him. So the Jewish Christians had to be told by God that it was His will that the Gentiles should be saved. Peter was one of the most important of the apostles, and so he was chosen by God to help Cornelius.
Q10.1  What sort of person was Cornelius?
Q10.2  Why wouldn't Peter eat any of the animals that he saw in the vision? (see also Leviticus chapter 11).
Q10.3  What was the reason for Peter's vision? (see verses 15, 28, 34 and 35).

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