September 12, 2010

Acts Lesson 9: Opposition and Triumph

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Acts Lesson 9: Opposition and Triumph
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Scripture: Acts 4:1-31

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Lesson Outline

Introduction

  1. The witness in Jerusalem (Acts 1:1–6:7)
    1. The expectation of the chosen (Acts 1:1–2:47)
    2. The expansion of the Church (Acts 3:1-6:7)
      1. Opposition to the Church (Acts 3:1-4:31)
        1. The occasion (Acts 3:1-26)
        2. The incarceration (Acts 4:1-31)
          1. Their arrest (Acts 4:1-4)
            NB. The Sadducees
          2. Their arraignment (Acts 4:5-12)
            NB. The personnel!

            1. v. 8-9 – NB. The irony
            2. v.  4:10
            3. vv.  4:11 – Psalms 118:22
            4. v.  4:12
          3. Their admonition (Acts 4:13-22)
            1. v. 13 – “amazed”
            2. v. 14 – “nothing to say”
            3. vv. 15-17 – NB. Their frustration and only response
            4. vv.19-20 – The response of Peter and John
            5. vv. 21-22
          4. Their appeal (Acts 4:23-31)
            1. v. 24 – God as the Sovereign Creator
            2. vv. 25-28 – An application of Psalm 2:1-2 to their situation
            3. vv. 29-30 – The prayer request
            4. v. 31 – The divine response

Conclusion and application

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