A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES
Acts 13:1-52
Key Verse 13:47 “For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
1. How did the Antioch church devote themselves to prayer and worship? (1-3) Why and how did they send out Barnabas and Saul as missionaries?
2. How did Paul help Sergius Paulus to believe in the Lord, despite the opposition of Elymas the sorcerer? (4-12)
3. In Pisidian Antioch, how did Paul introduce the Savior Jesus through Israel’s history? (13-23) Why does Paul emphasize God’s active involvement in Israel’s history?
4. What is the good news Paul proclaimed? (24-33a) How did Jesus fulfill all the promises given to King David? (33b-37)
5. What is Paul’s exhortation and warning? (38-41) How did the people respond to the message? (42-44)
6. What direction did Paul and Barnabas find from the Scripture when the Jews rejected the gospel? (45-52)