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Persecution And The Christian
Lesson Seven

Welcome back. We are now ready to look at persecution in the Book of Acts.

For Lesson Seven, read the following sections in your Textbook and do the questions below.  The questions are in chronological order.

Read pages 155 - 167 and answer the associated questions.  If you are using the PDF version of the textbook, I suggest you make a 'copy' so you can highlight in it.  You may write the answers to the questions below in a notebook or on a computer file.  You may also print them off here and work from a 'hard' copy.  God bless.

Lesson Seven Questions

Acts Of The Apostles:
Proclamation And Persecution
Persecution In The Book Of Acts
Overview of Acts

1. The ____________________ expansion of the gospel would start with them in Jerusalem, but it would not end there.  pg. 156

2. Jerusalem was not ____________________ for any of the disciples. pg. 157

3. The most ____________________ place on earth for the disciples to start their ministry was in Jerusalem.  pg. 158

4. They were fully prepared apart from one thing: they lacked the ____________________. pg. 158

5, Effective ____________________ cannot take place apart from the work of the Holy Spirit.  pg. 158

6. Christianity needed to be seen to be in ____________________ with what had gone on before in God’s plan, rather than risk being labeled as a Galilean sect.  pg. 159

7. They remained in Jerusalem where it was most ____________________—and the most dangerous. pg. 160

8. Because the disciples were faithful in remaining in Jerusalem, despite the risks, they were in a position to walk through the door that God had opened to all ____________________.  pg. 160

Persecution in Acts

9. In Acts, witnessing is always ____________________.  pg. 162

10. The testimony of Acts is not so much that persecution causes church growth but that ____________________ and the spread of the gospel tend to cause persecution.  pg. 162 

11. List the 5 reasons why Christians are persecuted?  _________________________________ ____________________ ___________________  pg. 162

12. The Voice of the Martyrs in Canada has found it helpful to understand persecution to be a situation where Christians are repetitively, persistently and systematically inflicted with grave or serious suffering or harm and deprived of (or significantly threatened with deprival of) their basic ____________________ rights because of a difference that comes from being a Christian that the persecutor will not tolerate.  pg. 163

The Theological Teachings Of Persecution In Acts

13. Stephen is martyred by those who obviously believed that they were doing a ____________________ to God.  pg. 163 

14. Often in Acts the most intense persecution comes from the ____________________ leaders of the Jews.  pg. 164

15. Persecution is the occasion of ____________________ triumph.  pg. 165

Final Observations
[Why Were The Disciples Ready To Suffer And Die?]

16. They had a clear understanding of the ____________________ of God.  pg. 165

17. God was transforming ____________________ into the fulfillment of His plan for salvation for the world.  pg. 165

18. They viewed ____________________ for Christ a privilege and an honor.  pg. 185

19. They had a clear perception of the ____________________ of martyrdom.  pg. 166

20. Throughout his martyrdom, Stephen is not depicted as being a ____________________ recipient of persecution.  pg. 167

Assignment

1. Memorize Acts 1:8.

2. Analyze Acts. 7:58-60

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