tbq application questions acts 6-9

30 pts: What

What does it mean to be, quote, “full of the Spirit”?

Answer: After receiving the baptism in the Spirit, individuals who faithfully follow the Spirit’s guidance and continue to show the Spirit’s power over their sinful human nature are described as “full of the Holy Spirit.” (FBSE, 1700)

30 pts: Why

Why did Peter tell Simon, quote, “Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts”?

Answer: God always freely forgives those who come to Him confessing their sin. Peter added the “perhaps” because of the condition of Simon’s heart: His pride and greed had caused him to fall into this sin. (Horton, 169)

20 pts:What does it mean that Nicholas

What does it mean that Nicholas was, quote, “an earlier convert to the Jewish faith”?

Answer: He was a Gentile, not Jewish by birth, and his conversion to Judaism had occurred before his conversion to Christianity. (Gaertner)

20 pts: What was

What was the synagogue?

Answer: The synagogue was usually a center for the social, educational, and religious life of a Jewish community. (Gaertner)

20 pts: What were

What were the two main points to Stephen’s sermon?

Answer: God’s presence cannot be confined to a place. The Jewish people had a history of hostility toward God and the leaders He appointed. (Gaertner)

20 pts: What does it mean that god

What does it mean that God, quote, “abandoned them to serve the stars of heaven”?

Answer: Those who persist in rejecting God are eventually given over to the influence of evil, Satan, and their own immoral desires. (FBSE, 1703)

20 pts: Why is

Why is it important that Philip also did miraculous signs?

Answer: Christ’s promise to use miraculous signs to confirm the truth of his Word was not limited to his original disciples, but applies to all believers. (FBSE, 1705)

20 pts: In

In regard to receiving the Holy Spirit, why did Peter and John lay their hands on the Samaritans?

Answer: The laying on of hands here was a means of welcoming them as fellow believers as well as a means of encouraging their faith to receive the gift of the Spirit. (Horton, 167)

20 pts: Why Was

Why was it important that the Ethiopian eunuch was pondering Isaiah 53?

Answer: For those who are willing to see it, no passage in the prophets more clearly pictures the suffering, death, resurrection, and triumph of Jesus. (Horton, 174)

20 pts; Describe

Describe Straight Street

Answer: It was about fifty feet wide, lined with Corinthian columns, and went straight from the west end of Damascus to the east end. (Horton, 182)

20 pts: Why did

Why did the apostles teach and heal people in Jesus’ name?

Answer: To do something in someone’s name implies being that person’s representative and acting with their full power and authority. (FBSE, 1692)

20 pts: Why Should

Why should Christians live in the fear of the Lord?

Answer: The fear of the Lord produces trust and obedience and helps us avoid evil and anything that would displease or defy God. (FBSE, 1709)