ACTS 1 – THE EVENTS THAT PREPARED FOR THE START OF THE CHURCH

8/24/2025-Sunday School

Lesson 5: The Book of Acts

Text: Acts 1

Theme: The final events before the Church could officially start.


Author: Luke the physician

Date: Years covered 29-59 written approx. 60-62

Recipient: Theophilus

Nature: Historical

Purpose: The history of the first century Church

Message: The spread of the Gospel from Jerusalem to Rome

Key verse: Acts 1:8


Facts

Luke uses over 700 Greek words not found anywhere else in the NT 104 geographical locations named

113 people mentioned


Since the book of Acts is a book of history what are the events

Commissioning the disciples (1:1-11)

 


Common agreement of the disciples (1:12-14)

 


Choosing of the 12th apostle by the disciples (1:15-26)

Casting of lots – it was “biblical” & subjective


Choosing with God’s wisdom/direction

v. 20 for it is written…

v. 24 and they prayed…


Paul was an apostle to the Gentiles