Book Of Acts Research Paper

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Book of Acts

The Book of Acts provides a detailed, orderly, eyewitness account of the birth and growth of the early church and the spread of the Gospel immediately after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Written by Luke, Acts is the sequel to Luke's Gospel, furthering his story of Jesus, and how he built his church. In Acts, as Luke describes the spread of the Gospel and the ministry of the apostles, he focuses primarily on two, Peter and Paul. (Mary Fairchild, Christianity Expert, http://christianity.about.com/od/newtestamentbooks/a/Book-Of-Acts.htm)
Church

The word church, in the Bible, comes from the Greek word ecclesia, which means a called out company or assembly. Wherever it is used in the Bible it refers to people. It can be a mob (Acts 19:30-41), the children of Israel (Acts 7:38), and the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 5:25, 32). We see the …show more content…

That calling is expressed in the pattern of divine initiative and human response that constitutes the heart of the biblical concept of covenant, manifested in the recurrent promise, "I will be your God, and you shall be my people." That call from Yahweh is reiterated in the call of Jesus, when he said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matt 11:28). God has called His people to represent Him on the earth, to be with Him in every circumstance of life, to be transformed in personal character to be like Him. That calling is at the heart of biblical discipleship, both in the Old and New Testaments. A primary goal of discipleship is becoming like Jesus (Luke 6:40). This is also understood by Paul to be the final goal of eternal election (Rom 8:29). The process of becoming like Jesus brings the disciple into intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and, as such, is the goal of individual discipleship. (Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology,

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