WEEK 1
BEING WITNESSES
Acts 1:1-11
Jesus invites us to claim the power of the Spirit and be a witness.
Questions-
- The disciples are interested whether Jesus will restore Israel, what were their concerns? What are our concerns about our own Israel?
- Jesus says they will be witnesses, what is a witness?
- What does it mean that they are to be something and not to do something?
- What is the significance of these 4 places in verse 8?
- How is the tent expanding here?
WEEK 2
RESTORING NUMBERS
Acts 1:12-26
Lacking their 12th disciple, the other 11 figure out a process to pick a 12th.
Questions-
- How do you think it felt to be 11 when you used to be 12?
- How did it feel to pick a twelfth when Jesus picked the original 12?
- What do we know about these 2 men?
- The disciples never again pick lots, what changed?
- We never hear about Matthias again, but we hear a lot about Paul, could Paul have been the 12th?
- How is the tent expanding here?
WEEK 3
SPIRIT SPEAKING
Acts 2:1-36
The Spirit works in mysterious ways, granting power to speak and to listen.
- What challenges of communication have you experienced?
- Where have you seen communication miracles?
- What was so significant about this event for the disciples?
- How do you experience the Holy Spirit?
- This was an astounding act of the Spirit, what then does Peter preach about?
WEEK 4
PEOPLE RESPONDING
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
Acts 2:37
Acts 2:37-47
The Spirit invites the people to repent, immerse themselves in Jesus, and celebrate forgiveness and the gift of the Spirit.
- How do you think it feels to feel cut to the heart?
- Peter says they should repent and be baptized (immersed), what do you think that means?
- The result is that their sins are forgiven (past) and they will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (future), what does that look like?
- What would it feel like to add 3000 new people to a community?
- How is the tent expanding here?