Bible Study - Chapter 2: The Acts of the Apostles
Five topics are handled in this chapter. Coming of the Holy Spirit: (v1-4); Crowd's response: (v5-13); Peter's sermon: (v14-39) & A vital Church grows (v40-47).
The follwing are the questions for discussion from this chapter.
- Coming of the Holy Spirit: (v1-4)
- What wre they doing when it was Pentecost?
- What happend on the day of Pentecost?
- Why do you think there was a visible sign when the disciples were filled with Holy Spirit?
- Do you see any particular reason for God choosing "other tounges" as one of the signs there?
- Does the sign still relevant today when filling with Holy Spirit? Why (not)?
- What do we learn from this passage?
- Crowd's response (v5-13)
- Who were dwelling in Jerusalem at that time?
- What did they do when they saw the filling of Holy Spirit?
- Why were they astonished?
- Which are the nations mentioned here?
- What other reactions did the disciples receive from the crowd?
- Which implications do we see from this passage?
- Peter's sermon (v14-39)
- How did Peter react to the crowd's response?
- What was the prophesy in Joel and how did it came to pass?
- How did Peter presented the gospel?
- How did he explain the prophesy of Psalm 16
- What did Peter testified (gave witness) about?
- What is the implication of verse 36?
- How did the crowd react to this sermon?
- What was Peter's ancedote for their problem?
- How does this formula works for us today?
- A vital Church grows (v40-47)
- How did they exhorted the crowd?
- What happend as a result of these exhortations?
- How many people acceped Christ on that day?
- What did the people who turned back to God do?
- Why did fear came upon the people?
- What did the believers do with their material pocessions?
- Why do you think that they had everything in common? Will this practice work today?
- What did they do daily after the conversion?
- Who is the one adding people to the fellowship?
- What do we learn from this passage?
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