THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH
By Bob W. Lovelace
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QUESTIONS:
1. What chapter in Isaiah foretold Jesus rejection by His own people the Jews?
2. Peter said in Acts 2:23 that Jesus was delivered up by the of God.
3. After his resurrection and before his ascension Jesus said the gospel would be preached to all nations beginning at . (Luke 24:45-48)
4. The conclusion to Peters sermon in Acts 2:36 was that God had made Jesus both .
5. When they cried out, "Men and brethren what shall we do?" Peter's reply in Acts 2:38 was repent and be for the remission of sins "
6. From the book of Ephesians fill in the remainder of Paul's statements concerning the church:
a. "Just as He chose us in Him the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love" (Ephes. 1:4).
b. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared that we should walk in them". (Ephes. 2:10).
c. "According to the purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Ephes. 3:11).
7. Paul told the elders of the church at Ephesus to shepherd the church of God which He with His own blood (Acts 20:28).
8. To some who listened to Him speak during His ministry Jesus said "Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will till they see the kingdom of God present (marginal note, "having come") with power" (Mark 9:1).
9. Paul said to the Christians in the church at Colossae, "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and us into the kingdom of the Son of His love" (Col. 1:13).
10. a. To introduce the events recorded in Acts 2 Luke says, "When the day of was fully come " (Acts 2:1).
b. The approximate date of the events recorded in Acts 2 is A.D.
11. Which is correct? There are physical boundaries for Christ's kingdom. People in any nation can hear the gospel, believe and obey in order that they might be translated from the power of darkness into the kingdom of Christ.