God’s Great Commission is “Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. Jesus came up and said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age Matthew 28:16-20.” God has spoken and laid the foundation of what is required as a believers. Therefore, we will discuss two themes out of the Book of Acts and provide references displayed throughout the book. Two themes from the Book of Acts are Christian life in God’s community and God’s Sovereign over systems of power.
Christian Life in God’s community is one of the themes in the Book of Acts. It is related to God Great Commission because you have different accounts where it related to people witnessing on God’s behalf and God showing his presence. A fine example of this is was displayed right in the first chapter of Acts, in the fifth verse. God told the disciples that “For John baptized with …show more content…
One of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the Holy Spirit that a sever famine would come on the entire world. And this did happen during the reign of Claudius. So the disciples decided to send a contribution, each according to his individual ability, to the believers who lived in Judea. And this they did, sending the contribution to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. From each of these examples you see that despite different leaders that held powerful position in their city and country God allowed certain individuals to speak and do his will so that his purposes for redemption and judgment are
Christian Life in God’s community is one of the themes in the Book of Acts. It is related to God Great Commission because you have different accounts where it related to people witnessing on God’s behalf and God showing his presence. A fine example of this is was displayed right in the first chapter of Acts, in the fifth verse. God told the disciples that “For John baptized with …show more content…
One of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the Holy Spirit that a sever famine would come on the entire world. And this did happen during the reign of Claudius. So the disciples decided to send a contribution, each according to his individual ability, to the believers who lived in Judea. And this they did, sending the contribution to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. From each of these examples you see that despite different leaders that held powerful position in their city and country God allowed certain individuals to speak and do his will so that his purposes for redemption and judgment are