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Wed. April 24 2024 Jesse Devries – Acts 11

Bible Study Questions
1) Verse 1-18. Why is there such a detailed re-telling account of the experiences of chapter 10?

2) What lent credibility to Peter’s testimony to those in Jerusalem?

3) Verse 18. What does the phrase “repentance to life” mean?

4) Verse 19-20. How did the Lord use the persecution that arose over Stephen? 

5) Verse 22-25. Barnabas’ name is mentioned 24 times in Acts. What kind of a man was he? What lessons can we learn from his life and character?

6) Verse 23. What is the effect of “continuing with the Lord with purpose of heart”? How does that affect our lives and the life of the assembly? What is your purpose in life?

7) Verse 26. What is a Christian? Who is a Christian? Compare Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16 where this word is found as well?

8 ) Verse 27-30. How can these verses help you in deciding to whom or where to give your financial collection?

April 10, 2024

Bible study questions to help you study for
our Wednesday Night Bible Study in Acts 10

1) Why was it necessary that Cornelius received a vision from the Lord? Why did the Lord not just tell Peter to go to Cornelius, similar to how Phillip was told to meet the eunuch in chapter 8?

2) How does Peter’s vision of the unclean animals relate to the mission Peter was instructed to undertake in this chapter?

3) Verse 6 and 9:43 say that Peter stayed with Simon, a tanner. What is a tanner? What did the laws mentioned in Leviticus 11 mean for Simon the tanner and how does that compare with Peter’s vision in vs. 9-16?

4) What is wrong with Peter’s response to God in Acts 10:14?

5) In verse 28 Peter says that it was unlawful for him to associate with someone of another nation. Was he right about this? What does the Old Testament say about this? What did the Lord Jesus do in the Gospels?

6) Reading Peter’s Gospel message (vs. 34-43), what can we learn about what we should tell the unbelievers?

7) What reason did the Lord have with letting these new believers speak in tongues? Compare 1 Corinthians 14:21-22.

March 27, 2024

Wed March 27th 2024 Leonard VandenBerg – Acts 9

 

 

Bible study questions helping you to study Acts 9

1) Why would the Lord Jesus reveal Himself to Paul, the enemy of the Gospel? Did Paul have a choice to oppose this revelation?

2) What is meant by the words “any who were of (or, belonging to) the Way” in verse 2?

3) What did Jesus mean by, “It is hard for you to kick against the goads (or, pricks)” (vs. 5)?

4) How does the Lord’s vision for Paul’s future ministry (vs. 15-16) compare with how we, North Americans, tend to look at ministry?

5) How does Paul’s conversion experience compare with some of the specific truths concerning the Church revealed to him specifically later on after his conversion?

6) If you compare chapter 9 with chapter 22, what do you think Paul’s fellow-travelers would have noticed of Paul’s miraculous experience?

7) Comparing this chapter with Galatians 1, what do you think is the chronology of the first few years after Paul’s conversion?

8) Comparing vs. 26-28, what should our attitude be when complete strangers come into our gathering who claim to be Christians?

9) Compare verse 31 with chapter 4:4; 5:14; 6:7; 12:24; 13:49; 16:5 & 19:20 and ask yourself: “What is the key to numerical and spiritual growth of the church?” What hindrances were removed to see this growth continue? Is there anything in the church or in my life that could be a stumbling-block for growth of the local church?