Personal study: The numbers on the left side are
verse numbers.
1-3 What was the problem with Peter’s outreach to the
Gentiles?
This opposition surfaces again in Acts 15
What opposition to outreach might we see in churches
today?
4-14 Peter’s story is essentially the same as in Acts
10.
15-17 What helped to convince Peter that God was behind
this move to the Gentiles?
18 Everyone is convinced, but it took divine
intervention. Why did the thought of welcoming others take so much
convincing?
How long was God’s plan to reach the Gentiles in
effect? What can you learn from the following?
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Genesis 17:4
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Isaiah 2:2
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Isaiah 42:6
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Jeremiah 3:17
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Ezekiel 39:21
19 Those scattered were Jewish Christians (see Acts
8:1-4) William Barclay notes that the early church could have become
just another branch of Judaism, but what did they hold on to as their
key point of faith?
20-21 What new outreach door was opening?
22 The church at Jerusalem (where the Apostles stayed)
appears to be an authoritative voice within the church. How important is
it that all church activity operate under some authority?
Where are there areas of freedom in our church today?
25-26 Find Antioch on a map. This became a launching pad
for the Gentile mission. What was Antioch’s "claim to fame"?
27-30 What else did Agabus foretell in Acts 21:10?
What more can you learn about this famine and the
collection in Romans 15:25-27, 2 Corinthians 9:1-5 and I Corinthians
16:1-4?
