Lesson 10 — Study Guide

— THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

CHART 1/LESSON 10

The book of the Bible called

of the Apostles was written by Luke about A.D.

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. This book records the

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and the advancement of the New Testament church. From this book we learn about the dynamic power that God invested in the church by His spirit!

Fellowship was an important part of the church!

The new believers desired to be

the Word of God by the apostles.
We need the Word of God to

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by (Matthew 4:4). Every believer needs

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, which comes by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). So the church would often gather to study.

A phrase that describes the life of the early church is ”

that

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were together” (Acts 2:42). The scriptures tells us that they had fellowship from

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to

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where they spent time in prayer (Acts 2:42).

The first miracle of the church was the healing of the lame man at the gate called

(Acts 3:1-11). The Lord has not changed and still

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today. After this miracle of healing, many more believed. The number of men numbered about

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(Acts 4:4).

— PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH

CHART 2/LESSON 10

Because of the load of responsibilities, the apostles chose seven men to help serve the
needs in Acts 6.

was one of the men chosen.

Stephen is put on trial before the Sanhedrin and those who were against him hired false witnesses to accuse him. He then preached a sermon about the way that

had dealt with Israel throughout the Old Testament and how they had

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and slain the Son of God.

In anger, they cast him out of the city and

him to death. One of the
leaders of the persecution who gave consent to Stephen’s death was

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of Tarsus.

Acts 9 describes the

of Saul, who became known as

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. He is a

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person in the New Testament as a powerful apostle and preacher to the Gentiles.

While on the road to the city of Damascus, Saul discovered that the Lord of the Old Testament was

(Acts 9:5). Then Acts 9:18, lets us see where the Lord heals his sight and he is baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost.

— PETER BRINGS THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES

CHART 3/LESSON 10

Cornelius and the angel Acts 10.

Peter on the rooftop.

Gentiles receive the Holy Ghost and are commanded to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 10:48).

— PAUL BRINGS THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES

CHART 4/LESSON 10

Paul was a

vessel to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15).

He took major missionary journeys to establish churches in Gentile cities in the Roman Empire.

In Acts 17, one of the cities Paul went to was called

. This city was full of idolatry. Because of his discussions he was led to a court on a place called

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hill.

It was here that Paul preached to the Athenians about their altar with the dedication to the

God. He told them about the one God and that everyone could find Him!

Some responded to Paul by believing while others mocked. One of the believers was called Dionysius. Eventually a fruitful church was established at Athens.

An important part of Paul’s ministry was writing letters which are called

that are instructions to various churches and individuals. Many of these letters were written while Paul was in

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. Even with being condemned to death, Paul was able to declare “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” (II Timothy 4:7).