YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER TO BE MY WITNESSES
Acts 1:1-11
Key Verse 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
1. What did the author Luke write about in his former book (1-2)? What did the Risen Jesus do before his ascension (3)? Why is belief in Jesus’ resurrection important?
2. What did Jesus command his apostles to do and why (4a; Luke 24:49)? What promise did Jesus remind them of (4b-5)? Why did the apostles need to be baptized by the Holy Spirit? (8, cf. John 16:13)
3. How did the apostles reveal their own hope and expectations from the Old Testament prophecy? (6; cf. Joel 3:1) What did Jesus’ answer mean for them? (7) For us?
4. Read verse 8 again. What is God’s plan and vision and how will it be carried out? (Luke 24:47-48)
5. What is the meaning of Jesus’ ascension (9; Acts 2:33)? How will Jesus return (10-11)? Why is the hope of his return important?