this is a bible study I wrote based on the apostolic faith. I hope it helps with your ministry.
Jesus gave His commands in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Doesn't that have any value? Of course it does, Jesus commanded it. And again, the book of Acts isn't the only book in the bible. .
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The church began in the book of Acts.
If you didn't do it like they did in Acts, if you didn't get it like they did in Acts, then you have not yet been born into the church of the Living God! .
In the Books preceding Acts we are told that we are lost. It is revealed that we were born sinners, think like sinners, act like sinners and live like sinners. .
BUT we are given Hope! .
From Genesis to John and from the Tabernacle to the Cross we see Gods plan unfold and His intentions to have a church. Why He had to do it, how He would do it, and what would be available to us once it was done.
In the Books following Acts, (after you have been re-born), it is revealed to the saved; how to live saved, act saved, think saved and what we can expect in heaven once we recieve our reward for being saved. From Romans to Jude, the saved are told how to dress, how to war in the Spirit, how to be saved on a daily basis, how to conduct themselves in and out of the House of God, how to worship and how to overcome. They are told to reach out, to pick up, to put down, to strive, to fight and to rejoice. They are told what to do, what not to do, what to believe and what to expect from Heaven, hell and the world. They are told who to trust, who not to trust, who to turn to, who to worship, who helps them remain saved and who the Godhead is. .
Revelation gives us a glimpse of where the saved are going, where the unsaved are going, what eternity is gonna be like, How time will end, who the Bridegroom and Lamb are and eventually all the "WHYS" will be answered! .
Before Acts everything points to Gods desire and purchase of a church. Everything after Acts was to the strengthing and establishing of God's church, BUT in ACTS we see the beginning of God's church.
