STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Acts lesson 5 (Chapters 17-19)

1. What did the Bereans do in Acts 17:11 that caused the apostle Paul to commend them so heartily?

2. According to Acts 17:7, what charge did the Jews level against Jason and other Christians in the city of Thessalonica?

3. What did Paul tell Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:12?

4. In James 1:2-4, what advice did James give Christians in regard to various trials and trib­ulations?

5. How, according to Psalm 119:67,71, can trials and tribulations actually serve to make us better?

6. In Acts 17:6 the Jews made a statement which showed that the Christians’ teachings were having a real impact on the people of Thessalonica. What was that statement?

7. Matthew 5:16 offers a way for Christians today to make a real impact. What does that verse suggest in this regard?

8. According to Romans 10:17, what is the source of a Christian’s faith?

9. In 2 Timothy 2:15, what did Paul admonish Timothy (and all Christians) to do?

 10. In 1 Peter 3:15, what did Peter admonish all Christians to do?

 11. According to Acts 17:23, what did Paul see in Athens that filled him with righteous in­dignation?

 12. In Acts 17:30-31 Paul said that, in the past, God had ignored something, but now He no longer does. What was that “something”?

 13. In the last portion of Acts 18:8 we find what has been referred to as “the Gospel in a nutshell.” What does it say that the Corinthians did to become Christians?

 14. In Acts 2:37, what question did the Jews on the Day of Pentecost ask Peter and the other apostles?

 15. In Acts 2:38, how did Peter answer the Jews’ question (as asked in Acts 2:37)?

 16. What does Acts 2:21 say?

 17. In Acts 22:16, what did Ananias tell Saul that he needed to do in order to “call upon the name of the Lord”?

 18. According to 1 Peter 3:21, what is the final step in salvation—the step that rids a person of his or her sins?

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