CHAPTER FIVE

ACTS

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to:

• Name the author of the book of Acts.
• Identify to whom the book of Acts was written.
• State the purpose for the book of Acts.
• Write the Key Verse of the book of Acts from memory.
• State the Life and Ministry Principle for the book of Acts.

INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR: Luke

TO WHOM: All believers, although the book is specifically addressed to Theophilus.

PURPOSE: The book concerns what Jesus continued to do and teach after His ascension through His spiritual Body, the Church (Acts 1:1-2).

KEY VERSE: Acts 1:8

LIFE AND MINISTRY PRINCIPLE: The true evidence of the Holy Spirit is directed power: Power to become witnesses for the purpose of extending the Gospel throughout the world.

MAIN CHARACTERS: John, Peter, Paul, Silas, Barnabas, John Mark, Philip, Stephen, Ananias and Sapphira, Dorcas, Cornelius, Felix, Agrippa.