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Lesson OneNew Testament Introduction4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe Gospels4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeWho Is Jesus Christ?4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourJesus's Ministry4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveActs' Story4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixPaul's Life and Ministry4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenPaul's Epistles - Part I4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightPaul's Epistles - Part II4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineHebrews and the General Epistles4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenThe Johannine Letters4 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Discussion Questions
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Why would someone need power to be a witness for Christ?
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The power of the Holy Spirit is what you need for your life to be changed and transformed to the image of Christ. It allows you to be a witness and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Being a witness of Jesus Christ, is telling your own story how He saved you from your sins, healed you, gave you hope. Your testimony/story and save and unbeliever.
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We need to Holy Spirit to guide and direct us to say the right thing. To convey the message of Jesus at the right time. With the right attitude. If we go on our own will or we can push people away from the message. And from Jesus.
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Without the Holy Spirit, a person is only talking and communicating as a human instead of a witness for God. The Holy Spirit gives us the power that we need to be an effective witness for God.
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Some would need power because Jesus himself was powerful. The apostle Paul put it well when he reminds us in 2 Timothy 1:7 that “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
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A person would need power to be a witness for Christ because it is Christ’s work that is being done.
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Why is the gospel not just limited to one people group but is intended for all people everywhere?
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This is because Jesus wasn’t partial; he didn’t favor any people group. He wanted all people to be saved. To know Him, to know God and to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
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The message of salvation was alway intended for all people. This was the plan from the very beginning when God created Adam. He wanted and desired an intimate relationship with him and that is what He wants from all people.
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It is intended for all because God meant it to be for the whole world and not just limited to the Jews. In fact, the apostle Peter had to be given a vision to show that the good news was meant for the whole world and not a select few.
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The gospel is not just limited to one people group but is intended for all people everywhere. One reason why the gospel is intended for all people everywhere is because all men need to hear and share the gospel. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He died for all people group everywhere.
There are several scriptures in which Jesus speaks about and invites everyone. Jesus said in the book of John, if you abide in me and my words abide in you, then you shall ask what you will and it shall be given. Jesus is speaking to anyone when He refers to the words you or your. Jesus also says in the book of John, if you love me, keep my commandments. The Biblee says in the book of Romans, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
When we read the Bible, it does not mention a particular race, color, or nation in which He loved the most or favors. That is why the words you and your refers to everyone. The word “you” applies to any race, color, or nation. Jesus does not love one group of people and hates the other. Jesus loves all of us and He is no respecter of persons. -
God’s reach is to minister to all.
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In Acts, Jesus Christ is recorded as saying: “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (1:8). According to Dr. Buzzell, how does this verse provide an outline for the book of Acts?
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It provides an outline for the book of Acts because it was Jesus’ strategy to change the world. By going to these 3 regions they were sure to witness to all people groups; Jews and Gentiles.
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This verse provides an outline for the book of Acts because it shows how the gospel was able to spread form Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the end of the earth. The planting of the church is documented in the first 7 books of the book of Acts. The spread to Samaria and Judea is documented in Acts 8-12 and then Acts 13 to 28 documents the spread of the gospel to the rest of the world.
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Acts 1:8 provides an outline for the book of Acts. It provides an outline for the book of Acts because Jesus had gone into heaven and He told His disciples that He will send a comforter until He comes again. The Holy Spirit came into the hearts of those who received the power of the Holy Spirit as a witness to Him in Jerusalem. After the Holy Spirit came like tongues of fire, this was the beginning of the first church. This movement also began to spread the gospel around the world with power from on high.
This powerful movement provided an outline for the book of Acts and helped Jesus’s disciples to become witnesses and Christians.
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It provides an outline of the Book of Acts.
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The first two chapters describe, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”. The next seven chapters describe being witnesses in Jerusalem. The next five chapters describe being witnesses in all Judea and Samaria. And the final 16 chapters describe being witnesses to the end of the earth.