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Scripture: Acts 4:1-31

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Lesson Outline

Introduction

1. The witness in Jerusalem (Acts 1:1–6:7)
   1. The expectation of the chosen (Acts 1:1–2:47)
   2. The expansion of the Church (Acts 3:1-6:7)
      1. Opposition to the Church (Acts 3:1-4:31)
         1. The occasion (Acts 3:1-26)
         2. The incarceration (Acts 4:1-31)
            1. Their arrest (Acts 4:1-4)
               NB. The Sadducees
            2. Their arraignment (Acts 4:5-12)
               NB. The personnel!
               1. v. 8-9 – NB. The irony
               2. v.  4:10
               3. vv.  4:11 – Psalms 118:22
               4. v.  4:12
            3. Their admonition (Acts 4:13-22)
               1. v. 13 – “amazed”
               2. v. 14 – “nothing to say”
               3. vv. 15-17 – NB. Their frustration and only response
               4. vv.19-20 – The response of Peter and John
               5. vv. 21-22
            4. Their appeal (Acts 4:23-31)
               1. v. 24 – God as the Sovereign Creator
               2. vv. 25-28 – An application of Psalm 2:1-2 to their situation
               3. vv. 29-30 – The prayer request
               4. v. 31 – The divine response

Conclusion and application