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- Welcome to the Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. The Book of Acts, this was written by Luke, and you will see that this is often referred to as the
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- Acts of the Apostles. This book starts at the ascension of Jesus Christ, and in Acts 1 .8,
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- Jesus says, But you will receive power when my Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
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- Judea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth. And this really is an outline for this book.
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- They're going to start in Jerusalem, and the apostles are going to move from Jerusalem to Judea, to Samaria, to the ends of the earth.
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- Now, this really is focusing primarily on two apostles. The first, say, half of the book, the first about 10 to 14 chapters, is going to focus on Peter.
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- You're going to see the life and ministry of Peter in those early years.
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- But then, after chapter 14 to the end, you're going to see it focus on the apostle
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- Paul. So really, we would be saying that this is more than not just the
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- Acts of the Apostles, but the Acts of the Holy Spirit. Because it is the Holy Spirit who is working through all this.
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- This is a transitionary time between an Old Testament mindset to the New Testament mindset. And there's much that this is going to teach for the church.
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- So what we see here is the Acts are going to be Acts that the apostles did by the power of the
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- Holy Spirit as they went throughout the world with the Gospel. This podcast is part of the
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- Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org
