Acts 1 7 Andy Woods Acts 1 Proper

Acts 1– 7 Andy Woods

Acts 1: Proper Foundation n n 1: 1 -2 -Prologue 1: 3 -8 -Post resurrection ministry u 1: 3 -Infallible proofs u 1: 4 -5 -Command to await the Spirit u 1: 6 -7 -Postponement of the kingdom u 1: 8 -Church's geographical mission 1: 9 -11 -Ascension 1: 12 -14 -Disciples await the Holy Spirit 1: 15 -26 -Matthias’ appointment

Acts 2 = Church’s Birth Matt 16: 18 n Acts 1: 5 n 1 Cor 12: 13 n Acts 11: 15 -16 n Only Acts 2 fits n Ephes 4: 7 -12 n

Christ’s Return (Acts 1: 11) n Physical n Visible n Bodily n Earthly n To the Mount of Olives (Zech 14: 4)

Mistaken Replacement? n n n Pro No Spirit yet Lots Matthias disappears Paul n n n Con No textual indication of an error Twelve esteemed (2: 14; 6: 2) God’s choice (1: 24) Prov 16: 33 Paul unqualified (1: 2122)

Acts 2: Church's Birth n 2: 1 -4 -Coming of the Spirit n 2: 5 -12 -Diverse participants n 2: 13 -Charge of drunkenness

Peter’s Defense (2: 14 -41) n n n 2: 14 -Too early for drinking 2: 16 -21 -Manifestations taught in the OT (Joel 2) 2: 22 -35 -Christ as the source of the manifestations u u u n n n 2: 22 Miracle worker 2: 23 Rejected by Israel 2: 24 -29 Resurrected (Ps 16) 2: 30 -32 Davidic descendant (Ps 132) 2: 33 -35 At God’s right hand (Ps 110) 2: 36 -Conclusion 2: 37 -Conviction 2: 40 -41 -Exhortation

3 Views on Joel 2 in Acts 2 n Complete fulfillment n Partial fulfillment n Analogical view

Acts 3: Peter Heals Lame Man n n 3: 1 -11 -Peter’s healing of the lame man at the temple gate gave him another opportunity to condemn apostate Israel 3: 12 -26 u The very resurrected messiah that the Jews had rejected had performed the healing through Peter u Jewish guilt was overt since the OT pointed to Christ (Deut 18) u Millennial blessings would not come until the nation changed its mind about Christ (Acts 3: 19 -21)

Acts 4: Arrest of Peter and John n n n 4: 1 -4 -Arrest giving apostles an opportunity to address the Sanhedrin 4: 5 -12 -Application of Ps 118: 22 forcing the Jewish leadership to render a formal decision about the new church 4: 13 -22 -Jews forbade evangelism 4: 23 -28 -Church applies Ps 2: 1 to Israel 4: 29 -31 -Spirit is the source of boldness 4: 32 -37 -Communal living

Acts 5 5: 1 -11 -Deaths of Ananias and Sapphira n 5: 12 -16 -Further Spirit empowered progress n 5: 17 -32 -Arrest, escape, and opportunity to condemn apostate Israel n 5: 33 -39 -Plot to kill apostles derailed by Gamaliel’s speech n 5: 40 -42 -Further progress n

Acts 6 -First Deacons n 6: 1 -7 -Appointment of deacons to meet widows’ needs so apostles could continue to give themselves to the word and prayer n 6: 8 -15 -Stephen the deacon is effective and arrested

Acts 7 -Stephen’s Speech n n n 7: 1 -5 -Abraham’s partial obedience 7: 6 -38 -Israel’s initial rejections and later acceptances 7: 39 -41 -Israel’s early rebellion against Moses 7: 42 -45 -Israel reinterpreted Moses’ teachings though a polytheistic framework 7: 46 -50 -Neither the Tabernacle nor Temple were intended as permanent habitations of God 7: 51 -53 -Current generation imitating these same rebellions