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Connecting the Dots to Jesus - Matthew 22:41-46

Acts Lesson 2 Message: "The Holy Spirit and the Birthday of the Church"

Acts 1:1-2:41 This is the message covering Lesson 2 of "Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" Bible Study

Acts Lesson 2/Days 9 & 10

Acts Lesson 2/Days 9 & 10
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If your hairdresser told you that your hair was thinning out, what would you ask? If your mechanic said you had a bad leak, what would you ask? What if your vet said your dog had fleas, what would you ask? If you’re like most people, you’d probably ask, “What should I do?” You have heard some important news from an expert...now what? Shrug and move on? Of course not. Get the help you need to make it right. Our final passage in this lesson begins with this question, “What shall we do?”
If there’s one thing about Peter’s preaching that stands out today it is that he did not avoid calling out the sins of the crowd listening.
Many preachers today hold back on making any focus on sin until they think they have won the crowd over with stories, music, or other methods that they believe are more enticing. Not Peter. Peter dove right into the truth. Peter was bold. Peter spoke the truth loud and clear, “This Jesus that you crucified...!”
Ouch.
Here’s the deal, why would someone ask, “What should I do?” if they don’t feel a need?
Why would anyone think they need a savior if they don’t feel a need to be saved?  Jesus did not fear losing his audience by his hard sayings – he boldly preached the truth because dying without it is eternal just as much as living with it will be.
 
Today, our world is more interested in comfort and encouragement
than in hard realities of dying and sin. It’s too black and white to say there’s a heaven and a hell
and a direct path to one or the other that depends on receiving the truth and acting on it.
You’re “judgmental” if you tell someone they are a sinner.
 
In our society of Instagram photos, Twitter quotes, and Facebook posts people want a cozy message that fits
on a coffee mug or t-shirt. What do you think Peter would say on a mug or print on a t-shirt?
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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Acts: Lesson 2/Day 8

Acts Lesson 2/Day 8
Acts 2:25-36
Peter continues with his message to the “devout,” “bewildered,” “amazed,” and “perplexed” crowd. The people who thought the disciples must be filled with new wine are realizing now they are filled with something more powerful – the spirit of God Himself!
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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Acts Lesson 2/Day 7

Acts Lesson 2/Day 7
Acts 2:14-24
This is the first of fifteen sermons in Acts. Most are from Paul, one from James, one by Stephen and finally seven or maybe eight are by Peter. Peter, who was once just a simple fisherman, is now giving a powerful and passionate sermon! Peter who rashly defended and then terribly denied Jesus Christ is now preaching with conviction and confidence! What a difference fifty days makes!
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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Acts Lesson 1 Message: "What Kind of Faith do You Have?"

Is yours a "Build a Bear" faith? Luke ends his gospel with apostles who are dazed and even reluctant. It hasn’t even been a week since Peter denied he even knew Jesus, Judas – one of the closest in the 12 has turned Jesus in for a bag of silver and committed suicide afterwards, they’re a fearful group, a timid group. They’re confused and reluctant preachers of Christ. Before this moment they had failed at to even stay awake in their prayer time. Eye roll! Pause – sound familiar? It does to me! I sat on a train for nearly two hours a couple of weeks ago near a woman who was texting someone she referred to as “not just a booty call.” While she primped her hair and got ready for this meet up did I reach out and chat with her? Did I let her know about Jesus Christ? No. I wake up and miss my devotional time because I want a few more minutes of sleep. I lose concentration while hearing a sermon. I chicken out from sharing the gospel. I pray and feel ineffectual in my time with God. I doubt and worry and lose heart all the time. I sin and sin and sin the same old sins I’ve been sinning since I first learned there ever was such a thing as sin. I relate. Hello, my name is Jennifer and I’m a follower of Jesus. Join us through this study in Acts and become a more focused, loving, truly gospel driven and Holy Spirit inspired follower of Jesus Christ.

Acts Lesson 2/Day 6

Acts Lesson 2/Day 6
Acts 2:1-13
Understanding Jewish Holy Days...
If I said that our family got together on Christmas day, you’d have a quick picture in your mind of what that might look like...tree, presents, traditional foods, music, and family all together. Just thinking of Christmas brings to your mind the memories with all its sights, sounds, and even smells, doesn’t it? Well, naming a Jewish holy day would do the same for any observant Jew.
Chapter two opens with “the day of Pentecost” and any Jew would immediately know what that meant – do you? Read here to understand more...
After God had given the ten commandments to His people through Moses and they were all still gathered at the foot of Mt. Sinai, God gave them seven celebrations to observe. This is all recorded in Leviticus 23. Each of these celebrations or feasts has a prophetic connection to God’s amazing plan of redemption from the crucifixion all the way through the ultimate coming of the Kingdom of God.
What does this have to do with Pentecost?
Pentecost is the Greek word for the Jewish holy day of Shavuot (Hebrew for “weeks”) or, as you will see in Leviticus 23, the “Feast of Weeks” which took place 50 days after Passover. This holy day is one of three sojourn feasts where all who were able were required to return to Jerusalem. This city would have been filled to fifty times its normal occupancy during the feast. Devout Jews – men and even women and children gather in Jerusalem every year during Pentecost. Jesus was crucified on Passover fulfilling this feast day and fifty days later as the Jews were observing Shavuot, He fulfilled this feast day as well.
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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Acts Lesson 2/Day 5

Acts Lesson 2/Day 5
Acts 1:12-26
...Casting Lots...
Prescriptive -vs- Descriptive
If it’s in the Bible, we should do it, right? The disciples cast lots (rolled dice or flipped a coin perhaps) to decide between two disciples. They even prayed for God’s help. So, that means we should pray and cast lots when we have a big decision to make too, right?
 
Not necessarily. Just because the Bible describes something happening, doesn’t mean it is prescribing for us to do the same. This is what we call the difference between “prescriptive and descriptive” passages in the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible are we instructed to cast lots. We are told to pray, seek God, and have patience. The lot casting account in Acts is an example of descriptive writing which simply tells us what happened and should not be misunderstood as prescriptive – a passage telling or prescribing for us to do the same.
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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Acts: Lesson 2/Day 4

Acts Lesson 2/Day 4
Acts 1:6-11
...The Sabbath...
Acts 2:12 says that the disciples had returned from Mt. Olivet to Jerusalem which was a “Sabbath day’s journey away.” What is the Sabbath?
 “The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested” (Exodus 31:16–17).
God commanded the Jews to observe a day of rest, and He called it the “Sabbath.” This was observed from sundown on the last day of the Jewish week (our Friday) to sundown the next day (Saturday). Because God commanded no work to be done on this day, the rabbis (Jewish teachers) taught that the distance someone could travel on a Sabbath should be a little less than three-fourths of a mile. Since this happened forty days after Easter, it was a Thursday, not a Sabbath day
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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Acts: Lesson 2/Day 3

Acts Lesson 2/Day 3
"Acts: Seeds of the Gospel" is a Dwelling Richly Bible study - A 13-Lesson verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts.
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