Lessons About the Church as Taught in Acts
  1. The MISSION of the Church:
    1. Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-47
    2. Acts 1:8
    3. Acts 8:4


  2. The MESSAGE of the Church & the RESPONSE Thereto
    1. Peter and the Jews at Jerusalem
      1. Message- Acts 2:22-40 _____________________________
      2. Response- Acts 2:41 _______________________________
    2. Philip and the Samaritans: Acts 8:12-13
      1. Message- ________________________________________
      2. Response- ________________________________________
    3. Philip and the Eunuch
      1. Message- Acts 8:35 ________________________________
      2. Response- Acts 36-38 ______________________________
    4. Peter and the House of Cornelius
      1. Message- Acts 10:34-43 _____________________________
      2. Response- Acts 10:44-48 ____________________________
    5. Paul, Silas, and the Philippian Jailer
      1. Message- Acts 16:31-32 ____________________________
      2. Response- Acts 16:33 ______________________________
    6. Others: Lydia (Acts 16:13-15), the Corinthians (Acts 18:8)
  1. The DOCTRINE of the Church:
    1. Acts 2:42
    2. Romans 16:17
    3. 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 3:6, 3:14
    4. Titus 2:1
    5. 2 John 9-11


  1. The ORGANIZATION of the Church:
    1. Acts 14:23; 20:11-32 _________________________________
    2. Acts 6:1-7 _______________________
    3. Acts 21:8 _______________ (also was a ___________ Acts 6:5)


  2. The ASSEMBLY of the Church
    1. Acts 2:42, 46-47
    2. Acts 20:7


  3. How to BECOME A MEMBER of the Church:
    1. Acts 2:47
      1. Compare "added" in verse 47 with verse 41
      2. The assembling of the saints contributed directly to the growth of the church
    2. The Lord added the ____________ to the _______________.
    3. Mark 16:16 "He who _____________ and is ______________ shall be _____________."