The Breakthrough
Acts 1:1–11
Within Mark 8:27–10:45, Jesus both called and taught people to follow him. This has often been called “the discipleship section” of Mark’s gospel. At the beginning and end of his teaching, Jesus healed two blind men.
- Compare Acts 1:1–3 with Luke 1:1–4, the openings to Luke's two books. What is the same, and what is different?
- Read Luke's summary of what Jesus began to do and teach in Acts 1:1–5. As Luke boiled down the most important things, what did he emphasize? (Make a list of them and discuss what they mean.)
- Put into your own words the disciples' question and Jesus' response in vv. 6–7. What did the disciples hope for?
- What is the mission Jesus gave to his followers in v. 8? How should that mission give focus to our lives as individual believers and to our church?
- In vv. 9–11, 40 days after the resurrection, Jesus ascended to the Father. Read what he did there in Romans 8:33–35. What promises do you gain from reading both the Acts and Romans passages?
- What is the main thing you hope to apply to your life from this study?
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