Friday, May 29, 2009

burkina 'hmwk' 1:
acts 1
v.8 "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses..."
-power! :)
-to be a witness = telling the story, promising to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
v. 14 "they all joined together constantly in prayer..."
-*constantly*
-importance of prayer
v. 16 "...the scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the mouth of David..."
-the Holy Spirit was around during the OT too; existence of the trinity
-necessity for scripture to be fulfilled; God's will shall occur
v. 21 "it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time..."
-in order to take over the apostolic ministry/fill in as the 12th disciple, the main criterion listed here is to have lived with Christ/spent time with Him/learned directly from His example