Acts of Apostles in the Early Church 

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We invite you to learn about the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and history of the early Christian church.The book is commonly referred to as Acts, although some scholars have suggested the title to be interpreted as "the acts of the Holy Spirit."

Tradition tells us that Luke, a Greek physician, wrote the book of Acts before Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70. Luke, an historian, theologian and diplomat, describes in the book of Acts how early christianity spread from Jerusalem to Rome.

Apostle Paul was proud of his Jewish heritage. He called himself a Hebrew of Hebrews. But no person, except for Jesus Christ, shaped the history of the Christian church like apostle Paul. We see this plainly in the book of Acts.

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''The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." (Acts 1:1-3)

The Holy Spirit has given us four accounts in the New Testament of the ministry of Jesus, but only one book on the early years of the Christian church.

It is called the Acts of the Apostles, giving us only selected information about a few of the apostles -- primarily Paul and Peter. 

Acts continues the story began in Luke's gospel, covering more than 30 years after the ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven.

In that short time, the Christian church was established and the gospel of salvation was taken throughout the known world -- from Jerusalem to Rome.

Those preaching the gospel were just ordinary people with natural human limitations.

But they were empowered by the Holy Spirit and thus turned the world "upside down" for Christ.

Acts is the most important book in the New Testament, according to William Barclay.

"It is the simple truth that if we did not possess Acts, we would have, apart from what we could deduce from the letters of Paul, no information whatever about the early Church."

In the book of Acts we learn about the history of the church and how we are also to witness for Christ.

As you read Acts, put yourself in the place of the disciples who were filled with the Holy Spirit and saw people around them respond to the good news of Christ. 

And you will sense the strong commitment of the disciples as they offered their talent and treasure for Christ.