Homiletics Study – Acts & Letter of Apostles
Lesson 7 Passage: Acts 9:31-11:30
Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Holy Spirit’s works in Judea, Galilee and Samaria seen in
healing and raising dead (Acts 9:31-43)
a. Time of Peace in Judea, Galilee and Samaria and numbers
increase (31)
b. Aeneas paralyzed for 8 years healed bringing Christ
followers (32-35)
c. Tabitha (Dorcas) Christ follower raised from dead
bringing many to belief (36-43)
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Cornelius in Caesarea led by Lord to seek out Peter
bringing faith and Holy Spirit to gentiles (Acts 10-11:1:18)
a. Cornelius is sent by angel to seek out Peter (1-7)
b. Peter during prayers is hungry as sees vision of
previous unclean things to eat and told to eat (8-16)
c. Cornelius men find Peter and ask him to come with them (17-23)
d. Peter returns to Caesarea Gospel accepted and Holy
Spirit indwells Cornelius and other gentiles.(24-40)
e. Apostles and believers criticize and question Peter
(11:1-3)
f. Peter describes occurrences leading to Gospel shared
and Holy Spirit indwelling gentiles (11:4-18)
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Antioch Christians share Jesus to Greeks and through aid
to Judean Christians (Acts 11:19-30)
a. The spreading of the Word among Jews and Greeks in
Antioch (19-21)
b. Barnabas sent
from Jerusalem to Antioch encouraging believers (22-24)
c. Barnabas sends for Saul and ministered for 1 year in
Antioch (25-26)
d. Antioch learns of famine in Judea and send gift through
Barnabas and Saul (27-30)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Holy Spirit’s works in Judea, Galilee and Samaria seen in
healing and raising dead
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Acts 9:31-43
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Cornelius
in Caesarea led by Lord to seek out Peter bringing faith and Holy Spirit to
gentiles
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Acts 10-11:1:18
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Antioch
Christians share Jesus to Greeks and through aid to Judean Christians
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Acts
11:19-30
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than
10 words)
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Gospel spread
through healing, ministry to Cornelius and in Antioch
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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CTATL that
the Holy Spirit can direct our paths into opportunity to share Jesus.
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Specific Application Questions
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1
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How has
the Holy Spirit inspired you to ministry?
If not, what is holding you back?
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2
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What
are the road blocks that you have used as an excuse to sharing Jesus? How has
the Holy Spirit convicted you to remove those excuses?
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3
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In what
ways are you demonstrating Jesus to your world?
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Principles to Remember
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1
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God
will direct your path in Ministry through His Holy Spirit?
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2
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God desires
all to know Him
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3
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We are
called to share Jesus
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Characteristic
of God
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Encourager
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Theme
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Holy Spirit provides wisdom and power in ministry to
declare Jesus
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God’s
Word - What’s happening?
God’s
Heart – What does God care about?
Today’s
World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?
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