Acts 1:1-11

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Introduction

Acts and the Gospel of Luke were written by the same author.

The author's name is Luke.

Luke conducted his own investigation about Jesus and recorded his findings which became the Gospel of Luke.

Luke traveled with the apostle Paul sometimes as he shared the good news of Jesus, making disciples and planting churches.

The Gospel of Luke is about all that Jesus began to do and teach.

Acts is about all that Jesus continued to do and teach through his apostles and the first Christians after he went to heaven.

Acts teaches us how and why God sent the Holy Spirit.

Acts also teaches us how the church began and how the good news of Jesus began to spread throughout the world.

Important sidenote:

Many Americans think the church is a building where Christians go to worship and learn about God. 

This church is not a building.

The church is God's people.

Jesus and his disciples were the church.

The apostle Paul and the disciples he made were the church.

All of you and I are the church.

A person does not have to go to a specific building to worship and learn about God.

A person can worship and learn about God in a house, or under a tree, or wherever it is safe. 

Questions: Why do you think Luke thought it was important to document all that Jesus did?

Why did he think it was important to document how the Holy Spirit came? 

Why did he think it was important to document how the church started, and how the good news of Jesus spread throughout the world?

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📕 Read Acts 1:1-11

👍 What do you like about the passage?

👎 What do you think is challenging or difficult about the passage?

👤⬆️ What does the passage teach us about God?

👥⬅️ What does the passage teach us about people?