Highlights of Acts Chs 1-5 -- Review

let's take a look at the highlights of the first five chapters of our acts bible study:
Chapter One:
vv 4-5 -- Promise of the Coming of the Holy Spirit;
v 8 -- keynote verse for book of acts: "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me, in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
note the progression from near to far; we have a personal responsibility to be involved in some manner in both the near and the far and in between (witnessing in words and deeds, in our attitudes and our actions, in support, financially and through encouragement of others, and in prayer. also note that this is the historical progression in acts as well as to how the gospel spread: from near to far. draw a little "key" next to this verse in your bible;
vv 9-11 -- Ascension of Jesus to Heaven -- witnessed so they could witness;
vv 21-26 -- Appointment of replacement twelfth apostle, Matthias;
Chapter Two:
vv 1-13 -- the Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
vv 14-41 -- Peter's Pentecostal Preaching;
vv 42-47 -- Description of Early Church Characteristics;
Chapter Three:
vv 1-10 -- healing of the lame man by Peter;
vv 11-26 -- Peter's Porch Preaching;
Chapter Four:
vv 1-7 -- Persecution;
vv 8-12 -- Peter's Persecution Preaching;
note v12: "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given amoung men by which we must be saved." (ties in with John 14:6);
vv 13-21 -- Perplexed Persecutors;
vv 23-31 -- Prayer Meeting: for Boldness in speaking the word -- filled with the Holy Spirit;
vv 32-37 -- Church Characteristics;
Chapter Five:
vv 1-11 -- Ananias & Sapphira -- Lying to Holy Spirit -- Testing, Trying Holy Spirit;
vv 12-16 -- Healing Signs and Wonders'
vv 17-28 -- Persecution Persists;
vv 29-32 -- Peter's Persistent Preaching;
vv 33-40 -- Wise Counsel to the Council -- Gamaliel
vv 41-42 -- Response to Persecution -- REJOICING and daily PREACHING & TEACHING;