Acts 1–7
Andy Woods
Acts 1: Proper Foundation
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1:1-2-Prologue
1:3-8-Post resurrection ministry
 1:3-Infallible proofs
 1:4-5-Command to await the Spirit
 1:6-7-Postponement of the kingdom
 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
 Acts 1:5
 1 Cor 12:13
 Acts 11:15-16
 Only Acts 2 fits
 Ephes 4:7-12
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Christ’s Return (Acts 1:11)
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Physical
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Visible
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Bodily
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Earthly
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To the Mount of Olives (Zech 14:4)
Mistaken Replacement?
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Pro
No Spirit yet
Lots
Matthias disappears
Paul
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Con
No textual indication
of an error
Twelve esteemed
(2:14; 6:2)
God’s choice (1:24)
Prov 16:33
Paul unqualified
(1:21-22)
Acts 2: Church's Birth
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2:1-4-Coming of the Spirit
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2:5-12-Diverse participants
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2:13-Charge of drunkenness
Peter’s Defense (2:14-41)
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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
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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
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Complete fulfillment
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Partial fulfillment
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Analogical view
Acts 3: Peter Heals Lame Man
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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 The very resurrected messiah that the Jews had rejected
had performed the healing through Peter
 Jewish guilt was overt since the OT pointed to Christ
(Deut 18)
 Millennial blessings would not come until the nation
changed its mind about Christ (Acts 3:19-21)
Acts 4: Arrest of Peter and John
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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
 5:12-16-Further Spirit empowered progress
 5:17-32-Arrest, escape, and opportunity to
condemn apostate Israel
 5:33-39-Plot to kill apostles derailed by
Gamaliel’s speech
 5:40-42-Further progress
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Acts 6-First Deacons
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6:1-7-Appointment of deacons to meet
widows’ needs so apostles could continue to
give themselves to the word and prayer
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6:8-15-Stephen the deacon is effective and
arrested
Acts 7-Stephen’s Speech
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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