March 16, 2025 Sunday Morning Service
ACTS I
The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. (Acts 1:1)
(That former account was the Gospel of Luke.)
Here’s a summary of the entire New Testament.
Gospels: The Son of God became the Son of Man, without ceasing to be the Son of God. In the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) Jesus both acts and teaches. He is full of works and words during His famed anointed three year ministry. He died for our sins, rose from the dead, and sealed the New Testament (Covenant) with His blood (Heb.9:16-18).
Acts: In Acts Christ returns to heaven leaving His disciples to continue what He had been doing. That’s why the name of the book is called ACTS. They continued doing the same things He began doing in the Gospels: signs, miracles, healings, and deliverances.
Epistles: Then after Acts we have the Epistles in which Christ continues His teachings through His church. [All these works and words of Christ continue in effect until He comes back.]
Revelation: In the book of Revelation, Christ returns to earth and sets up His kingdom on earth, then judges everyone who has ever lived and they all end up in heaven or hell for eternity.
What is the first word in the title of the book in the Bible that follows the Gospel of John? ACTS of the Apostles. What is the one word title we call this book? ACTS. It’s normally called the ACTS of the Apostles because it is mainly the story of the ACTS of two apostles: Peter and Paul. But people who were not apostles acted in ACTS. Stephen and Philip did powerful Acts in the book of ACTS. “Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.” (Acts 6:8) “Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.” (8:5-7)
Jesus spoke and acted in the Gospels and the believers acted in ACTS. After that we have the written word which we call the epistles. After Jesus went back to heaven we have Him continuing to act and speak in ACTS and the Epistles. These do not contradict each other; they complement each other. God is not doing one thing in one part of the New Testament and then saying something different in another part of it. He wrote both Acts and the epistles. Jesus began to speak in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and He continues to speak in the epistles. The whole N.T. could be written in red letters! Jesus also began to act in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and He continued to act in the book we call ACTS. That’s why we call it ACTS!
Acts 1:1 tells us that. “The former account I (Luke) made of all that Jesus began to do and teach.” He began to do and teach in the gospels and He continued to do and teach in the rest of the N.T. In Acts He continued doing things. Peter explained this in Acts 10:38, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.”
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