Lesson Twenty
Acts 11:19-30

1. Looking back to the last lesson, Peter in verses 15 and 16 tells how the Holy Spirit came to the Gentiles and how he remembered the words of the Lord. Find the passage that Peter is referring to and write down your thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Reread verse 18. Can the sinner who repents declare that he should receive credit for turning away from evil?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Should this have come as a surprise to those in authority that God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to Life?

 

Give the Old Testament passage that bears this out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. From verse 19, do you think that those who were scattered to those countries mentioned were still prejudiced?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. What do you think the reason was for the Jerusalem church to send Barnabas to Antioch?

 

 

 

 

 

Why Barnabas?

 

 

 

 

 

6. If you were to prepare a message to preach from this passage: (a) What would your title be?

 

 

(b) What would be the subject?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) List the main points of the passage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d) Give several applications that would apply to you this week after studying this passage.