The first administrative action of the early Christian community, which numbered about 120 believers ( Acts 1:15 ) , was to choose a successor to Judas. Read Acts 1:21-22 .
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Wednesday: Preparing for Pentecost
In His reply in Acts 1:7-8 , Jesus made no commitment with regard to time. Yet, the natural implication of His words was that right after the Spirit came and the disciples completed their mission, He would return (see also Matt
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Sunday: The Restoration of Israel
There are two kinds of Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament, one that anticipates a kingly Messiah who would rule forever ( Ps. 89:3-4 , Ps. 89:35-37 ; Isa.
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Sabbath: You Will Be My Witnesses
Read for This Week’s Study: Acts 1:6-8 , Luke 24:25 , Luke 24:44-48 , Deut. 19:15 , Acts 1:9-26 , Prov. 16:33 . Memory Text: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” ( Acts 1:8 , NRSV) . Jesus’ mission on earth was finished.
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The Book of Acts
The Victory of the Gospel M any historians believe that the three most crucial decades in world history occurred when a small group of men, mostly Jews under the power of the Holy Spirit, took the gospel to the world. The book of Acts is an account of those three crucial decades, which spanned from the resurrection of Jesus, in A.D. 31, to the end of Paul’s first Roman imprisonment, in A.D
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