Acts Study!

Hi, John here
Ok, so I'm trying a new thing on here where I'm going to go through the book of Acts in the Bible. I'm going to be going through about a chapter or two every week. If you would like you can join me on this new and exciting journey as we look at stories and try to look at things in new ways. My goal is not to give you a sermon, but to study along with companions and try to:
1. find new ways that God might be speaking to us.
2. scrutinize cool stories in great detail.
3. find versus that can uplift each other and encourage our walk with God.
4. learn more about God.
I would love it if you would join me in this great adventure through Acts.
P.S. Sometimes you will be lost if you don't follow along weekly.


The first thing i noticed was verse 1:8. It says "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (NIV) So i wondered for a minute what does that have to do with me that these random people will go around the earth and bring the good news to everyone. So i looked at the areas on the map just for fun and found out the location of all them. Jerusalem is kind of self-explanatory; it's a city that's well known. Judea is the region where the city of Jerusalem is located. Samaria is a region north of Judea. The ends of the earth is......well.........yeah you get the point. It's kind of random, but this is what i came up with. Those of us who have the Holy Spirit (or believe in Jesus Christ) are to go to one or more of those areas (Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth.) Now I'm not saying that you have to go to one of those areas literally it's just......welll......this:
Jerusalem= The city we live in.
Judea= The country or state that you live in.
Samaria= The neighboring states or countries that we live near.
The ends of the earth= well...... everywhere else.
We are all called by God to be a light on to the world, that means any of these areas. Maybe look at your life and see if you are doing one of these things that God has called you to do. (I know that right now were young and going to a foreign country does seem a little messed up right now, but think about what God's asking you to do.

Then i really liked the chapter "The Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost. I love this story! :) Pentecost= Jews from around the world, gather together in the city of Jerusalem. Now when the Holy Spirit came upon them, the Jews from all around the world (speaking many different languages) could understand them in their own native language. How awesome is that!? And not only that, but the Jews realized that most of the men that were speaking were Galileans. (What does that mean to us? Well Galilee is a small, coastal, city that had a lot to do with fishing and not extremely high educational skills. Not that they could be smart, but they weren't simply known for being smart.) So when the Jews hear these "Galileans" speaking in fluent languages from across the globe, that's kind of scary and makes you kind of listen, don't you think? Then after they get made fun of, Peter is so beast! At the end of that God-filled day, three thousand people were saved! That's a lot of people! And it's so comforting that they didn't do that on their own. They didn't do that because they were well learned people that could speak very cogently and persuade people easily. It was all God! Personally that's a comforting fact that i don't do anything, just let God use me as long as I'm available.

Then one last small thing is I like how all the believers were like one huge family (which they were.) I mean i don't necessarily share all my belongings with other believers or I'm not always good at sharing food. And i love how they are constantly in prayer with each other. So cool! :)

So yeah that is a basic idea of how i will do this. Please jump in on anything you want. I would love to hear what you found from these versus. What caught your attention and stuff. And continue to join me please as i go through Acts.