The First Church: Acts

THE MAIN INTENT OF ACTS IS TO SHOW HOW GOD EMPOWERED THOSE WHO WERE FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL FROM JERUSALEM TO THE “END OF THE EARTH” (1:8). SOME OF THE MEN RECORDED IN ACTS WERE KEY PLAYERS IN ASSISTING THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL. PETER AND PHILIP WERE GROWING THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM; PHILIP HELPED SPREAD THE CHURCH INTO SAMARIA, AND PAUL SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES. BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND ITS GROWTH, WE GET TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS STORY! THE BOOK OF ACTS HAS NO END. ITS STORY IS CONTINUING, AND WE ARE STILL WITNESSING THE CHURCH'S GROWTH IN OUR VERY DAY.