Outline of Acts

Chapters 8-14

 

 

A.   The church is scattered (8:1-3)

1.     Great persecution

2.     Church scattered

3.     Apostles remained

4.     Saul made havoc of the Church

a.      Arresting them

b.     Putting them into prison

II.                The church scattered into Palestine and Syria (8:4-12-25)

A.   The Ministry of Philip (8:4-40)

1.     Philip in Samaria (8:4-25)

a.      Persecution scatters the seed

b.     The ministry of healing

c.     Simon the Sorcerer

d.     Peter and John at Samaria

e.      Simon offers money for the gift of the Holy Spirit

f.       The Samaritans receive the Gospel

2.     Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26-39)

a.      Angel of the Lord told Philip to go Gaza

b.     The conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch

c.     Philip and the religious Ethiopian

d.     The eunuch baptized

3.     Philip en route to Caesarea (8:40)

B.    The conversion of Saul (9:1-30)

1.     Paul sees the Lord (9:1-9)

a.      Paul got permission to persecute the Church

b.     The glorified Christ appeared – road to Damascus

c.     Three days with out sight

2.     Ananias ministers to Paul (9:10-19a)

a.      Ananias’ vision

b.     Sent to Paul

c.     Paul’s vision

d.     Paul a chosen vessel of the Lord

e.      Paul’s suffering foretold

f.       Paul received his sight and was baptized

g.     Paul ate finally

3.     Paul proclaims Jesus as the Christ (9:19b-30)

a.      Paul at Damascus

b.     Paul – a new man

c.     Plot discovered and foiled

d.     Barnabas befriends Paul

e.      Paul preaches in Jerusalem

f.       Paul goes to Tarsus

C.   A summary report of the church (9:31)

1.     Churches at rest

2.     In Judea, Galilee, Samaria

3.     They also edified

4.     Walking in the fear of the Lord

5.     Walking in the comfort of the Holy Spirit

6.     People were getting saved

D.   The ministry of Peter (9:32-11:18)

1.     Peter in Lydda: A man healed (9:32-35)

a.      Peter’s ministry

b.     The healing of Aeneas

2.     Peter in Joppa: A woman healed (9:36-43)

a.      Tabitha (Dorcas)

b.     The resurrection of Dorcas

c.     Many saved

3.     Cornelius’s Vision (10:1-8)

a.      God know what he was doing

b.     Send men to Joppa

c.     Call for Simon Peter

d.     He will tell you what to do

4.     Peter’s Vision (10:9-16)

a.      Peter went up to pray (sixth hour)

b.     He fell into a trance

c.     A great white sheet

d.     All manner of creatures on it

e.      “Rise Peter, kill and eat”

f.       Peter’s objection

g.     “What God has cleaned, call it not common.”

h.     This was done three times

5.     Peter goes with the men from Cornelius (10:17-22)

a.      Peter’s perplexity

b.     The Spirit directs Peter to go to Caesarea

c.     Peter meets Cornelius

(1)   Centurion

(2)   A just man

(3)   A God-fearing man

(4)   A man of good report

6.     The Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit (10:23-48)

a.      On the morrow, Peter leaves for Caesarea

b.     Cornelius bows down

c.     Peter stands him up

d.     “I am a man just like you”

e.      Cornelius tells of his vision

f.       Peter’s sermon

(1)   God is no respecter of persons

(2)   All that fear Him is accepted

(3)   Peter preached salvation

(4)   Holy Spirit came upon them

(5)   Jewish believers were astonished

(6)   They spoke in tongues

(7)   They praised God

(8)   They were baptized

7.     Peter defends himself before the Jerusalem Church (11:1-18)

a.      Peter censured for eating with Gentiles

b.     Peter tells how he was enlightened by the vision

c.     The meaning of the vision made clear by Peter’s call to Caesarea

d.     The Church acknowledges the call of the Gentiles

E.    The Church at Antioch: A new center of operations (11:19-30)

1.     The church established  (11:19-21)

a.      The Church scattered by persecution

b.     Phenice, Cyprus, Antioch – Jews only heard

c.     Men of Cyprus and Cyrene

(1)   Came to Antioch

(2)   Preached to the Grecians

(3)   Lord was with them

(4)   A great number believed

2.     The church sanctioned by Jerusalem (11:22-24)

a.      The revival at Antioch

b.     Barnabas sent from Jerusalem

c.     Many people added to the Church

3.     Barnabas brings Paul back to Antioch (11:25,26)

a.      Barnabas goes to Tarsus

b.     Brings Paul to Antioch

c.     Stayed there a year

d.     Preached and taught the people

e.      First called Christians at Antioch

4.     The unity in the Church: Antioch to help Jerusalem (11:27-30)

a.      Prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch

b.     Agabus – great dearth throughout all the world

c.     Sent relief to Judaea 

F.    God continues to protect Jerusalem Church (12)

1.     James put to death (12:1,2)

a.      Herod the king vex the church

b.     Ordered James killed by the sword

2.     Peter delivered (12:3-17)

a.      Herod arrested Peter

b.     Peter imprisoned

c.     Four quaternion of soldiers

d.     Prayer by the Church

e.      Peter delivered in answer to prayer

f.       The prayer meeting at the house of Mark’s mother

g.     Peter’s friends surprised that their prayers were answered

3.     Herod Agrippa put to death (12:18-23)

a.      The soldiers in a stir

b.     Herod looked for Peter

c.     Herod commanded the keepers to be put to death

d.     Herod went to Caesarea

e.      People of Tyre and Sidon

(1)   Sought peace with Herod

(2)   Sought financial aid

(3)   Set a royal throne for Herod

(4)   Clothed him in royal apparel

(5)   Proclaimed him a god

(6)   Angel of the Lord – smote him

G.   A summary report of the Church (12:24-25)

1.     Word of God grew

2.     Word of God multiplied

3.     Paul and Barnabas returned from Jerusalem

4.     They took John Mark with them

III.             The Church advancing to the end of the earth (12-28)

A.   The First Missionary Journey (13, 14)

1.     The Holy Spirit set Paul and Barnabas apart (13:1-3)

a.      Paul ordained as missionaries

b.     Barnabas ordained as missionaries

2.     Cyprus and the Proconsul (13:4-12)

a.      Sent forth by the Holy Spirit

b.     Sorcerer named Bar-jesus opposed them

c.     The sorcerer made blind

d.     The Pro-Consul Sergius Paulus was converted

3.     Pisidian Antioch: Paul’s sermon and the reaction (13:13-52)

a.      John Mark departed for Jerusalem

b.     Paul’s sermon at Antioch

c.     The history of Israel rehearsed

d.     Jesus, the promised Messiah

e.      Universal opportunity

f.       Paul tells of the resurrection of Christ

g.     Paul preaches Christ as Savior

h.     The Gentiles desire the continuance of the message

i.        Jewish opposition leads Paul and Barnabas to turn to the Gentiles

j.        Gospel universal

k.     The Missionaries were driven from Antioch by the Jews

l.        Missionaries shook off the dust on their feet

m.   Missionaries fill with joy and the Holy Spirit

4.     From Iconium to Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe (14:1-7)

a.      Paul and Barnabas in Iconium

b.     Paul and Barnabas driven out of the city by the Jews

c.     Paul and Barnabas fled to Lystra and Derbe

d.     There they preached the Gospel

5.     Lystra: A lame man healed and the reaction (14:8-20a)

a.      The healing of the cripple

b.     The two missionaries regarded as gods

c.     Paul stoned at Lystra

d.     The Jews thought he was dead

e.      He rose up and returned to the city

6.     The return to and stay at Antioch (14:20b-28)

a.      Paul leaves with Barnabas

b.     They set out for Derbe

c.     Preached and comforted the saint

d.     After they preached in many cities they returned to Antioch

e.      They gave an account of their journey