Lesson Six
Acts 2:42-47

1. Read Chapter 2 again. Give a short summary of who "they" were (v. 37), that are being told these things up to verse 41.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. List the behaviors that are a result of who "they" are in verses 42-47.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Who is the orchestrating power in all these new things that have come?

 

 

 

 

4. In its context, can verses 42-47 be understood as principles of church life by the Holy Spirit of God?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. In verse 43, the word "fear" could substitute for the word "awe". What would be the cause of this continual sense?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. What is your understanding of verses 44-45?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Has the Spirit of our God caused our church to be this devoted to all of these things? Give an example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. How has our American culture clouded the sincerity that is present in these verses?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. What was meant by the words "praising God"?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. In your own words, what is the main theme of chapter 2?