Reading Acts
Spirit-filled witness from Jerusalem outward.
Reading scope: canonical.
Open this guide in the Concept AtlasPentecost
Pentecost is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. Pentecost is the event in Acts 2 in which the risen Jesus' disciples receive the Holy Spirit, speak in other languages, and begin the public mission…
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Next, step into Spirit-Empowered Witness and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Pentecost in the AtlasSpirit-Empowered Witness
Spirit-Empowered Witness is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. The Holy Spirit equips believers for bold, cross-cultural witness with signs, speech, and guidance, advancing the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends…
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Next, step into Witness from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Spirit-Empowered Witness in the AtlasWitness from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth
Witness from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. “Witness from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth” is the Spirit-empowered mission from Christ’s ascension promise—starting at Jerusalem and reaching…
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Next, step into Mission to the Nations and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Witness from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth in the AtlasMission to the Nations
Mission to the Nations is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. The Church’s calling to bear witness to the risen Christ, making disciples across ethnic boundaries in the Spirit’s power (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts…
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Next, step into Gentile Inclusion under Messiah and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Mission to the Nations in the AtlasGentile Inclusion under Messiah
Gentile Inclusion under Messiah is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. The Messiah extends salvation to the nations, fulfilling Isaiah’s hope for the coastlands and Gentiles (Isaiah 49:6), realized as Christ becomes…
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Next, step into Persecution for Righteousness and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Gentile Inclusion under Messiah in the AtlasPersecution for Righteousness
Persecution for Righteousness is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. Disciples suffer insult, loss, and violence for Jesus’ sake (Matthew 5:10–12; John 15:18–20), their afflictions evidencing fidelity and bringing…
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Next, step into Martyrdom and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Persecution for Righteousness in the AtlasMartyrdom
Martyrdom is a key waypoint in Reading Acts. Martyrdom is the suffering or death endured in faithful witness to God, Christ, or divine truth, a theme that develops from biblical persecution…
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