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Acts

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Acts (Acts 1–2, 7, 22–28)
    22 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    A Gospel for Jews and then Gentiles
    23 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    The Gospel and Restoration
    25 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    The Apostolic Church
    36 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Author and Audience
    25 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Acts The Apostolic Church In | Workbook: God’s Guidance of Paul
Lesson 4, Activity 19

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

In some cases, the apostles were responding to the direct guidance of the Holy Spirit. Paul is a prime example. God walked with him and encouraged him in key moments by making His presence known. In each case God offered guidance or security that led to specific outcomes in Paul’s ministry. 

In the table below, note examples of the Spirit’s stated purpose as well as the results. 

PassagePurposeResult
Acts 16:9-10To send him on to Macedonia to preachMany converts and churches planted
Acts 18:9-11To get him to stay and preach in CorinthMany converts, some new close co-workers, and a solid ministry begun
Acts 22:18-26To send him from Jerusalem for his safetyProtection by the Roman military given
Acts 23:10-27To send him to preach the Gospel in RomeEffective ministry in Rome and beyond continued
Acts 27:22-25To promise his protection and guidance through the shipwreckSafety for him and his companions

Table quoted from: Bruce Barton, Dave Veerman, and Grant R. Osborne, Life Application Bible Commentary: Acts, 1999, p. 387.

  1. Summarize the nature of these encounters in a sentence or two. How does God intervene in Paul’s ministry, and how do these encounters give him confidence and direction?