Acts (1)
Who wrote the book of Acts?
Luke
In Acts 6-7, __________ is stoned by a large crowd of Jewish leaders, and __________ stood by giving his approval of the stoning.
Stephen/Saul
Who wrote the book of Romans?
Paul
According to Romans 3:23, what do both Jews and gentiles have in common?
Both have sinned
This was a reversal of what major Old Testament event?
Tower of Babel
In Acts 6, what threatened the church's unity?
The Greek widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of bread.
What is the background or history that led Paul to write the book of Romans?
Jewish Christians had been kicked out of Rome for several years. When they returned, they believed the gentile Christians had stopped practicing important Jewish ceremonies or habits.
Jewish history has proven that one of these laws is harder to keep than the other. Which one?
Moral Law
Having just received the Spirit, Peter then preached a sermon in Acts 2:22-36 to a large crowd of Jews. What did the Spirit enable him to focus on in this sermon?
He shined a light on Jesus as the Messiah, and he showed how the Old Testament promised a crucified and resurrected Messiah.
How do we see spiritual blindness being healed in Acts 1-2 for both Peter and the large Jewish crowd?
Peter understood and proclaimed why the Messiah would have to die, and the crowd was convicted of their sin and come to see that Jesus was the Messiah.
what motivates us to bear good fruit?
God's mercy
How does remembering God's love for us empower us to not repay evil for evil?
If we recall how Christ has forgiven us, we are empowered to forgive others.
What is the four major themes of Acts?
God empowers the church to carry on Jesus’ ministry.
God sends the Holy Spirit.
God sends the gospel to the gentiles, and they become part of God’s people.
Signs and wonders confirm the preaching about Jesus.
In the larger narrative of Scripture, when gentiles start coming into the family of God in Acts, what major Old Testament promise does this fulfill?
Genesis 12:1-3 where God promises to bless all the families of the earth through Abraham's descendants.
According to Romans 7:4-6, at the same time we are justified we also receive the __________, and this enables us to __________.
Spirit / bear good fruit
Paul spent eleven chapters explaining God's grace and mercy for both Jewish and gentile sinners. What should this inspire us to do practically?
To focus and think about God's grace and mercy for us
what things did God actually turn around on the Day of Pentecost?
God made rebellious sinners right with himself, he brought understanding to Jews from different nations, and he gave them unity in place of division.
What is the cycle we see with related to signs/miracles?
Sign/Crowd/Gospel/Response
In Romans 12:3-8, we are told to bear good fruit by loving one another the way that Christ has loved us. Then Paul lists a number of commands for Christians to follow. What phrase keeps showing up in these verses?
"One another"
In Romans 12:3-8, what metaphor does Paul use to describe how the church has many members with different gifts who are united to each other?
The body of Christ