THIRD QUARTER LESSON STUDY on "THE BOOK OF ACTS"
Condensed from the introduction."Many historians believe that the three most important decades in world history occurred when a small group of men, mostly Jews under the power of the Hoy 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 about A.D. 62."
The authur is generally acknowledge as Luke the beloved Greek physician and traveling companion of Paul.
The main themes of the book:
1. The universality of salvation irrespective of their race, social status, or gender.
2. The sovereignty of God and His divine purpose.
3. The exaltation of Jesus as Lord and Savior.
4. The work of the Holy Spirit in empowering and guiding the church for its mission.
5. The formative period of the early church -- administration and theological growth.
"Acts is the story of those called of God to start the work; what can we who are called of God to finish it learn from their story?"