Dec. 07, 2025

Last week after a brief introduction to the Book of Acts we covered Jesus’ final teaching on earth and His promise of the Holy Spirit. This week we will see Jesus ascend into heaven and the fulfillment of the promised Holy Spirit.

Acts Lesson 2 Study Questions

1.    The cloud that received Him is suggestive of the cloud of ______ (called the Shekinah) that is associated with the _________ of God in the Old and New Testaments.

2.    This same Jesus: This is a glorious phrase. It reminds us that the Jesus ascended to heaven and seated at the right hand of God the Father is the same Jesus of the ________. He is the same _____ of love, grace, goodness, wisdom, and care.

3.    They returned to Jerusalem: This was notable __________. Jesus told them to return to Jerusalem and wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4), and that is exactly what they did. They didn’t forget the sermon right after they heard it, and they actually did what Jesus told them to do, even though He was no longer ________ present with them.

4.    These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication: This was notable prayer. They all prayed, and they ___________ in prayer and supplication. The idea of supplication is a sense of desperation and ___________ in prayer.

5.    Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples: Here, Peter took a natural _________ role among the disciples. There is nothing wrong with seeing Peter as the leader of the first group of the apostles, even as he often was the __________ among the disciples during the earthly ministry of Jesus.

6.    This was notable desire for God’s will. Because of the principle of the quoted Scripture, they decided to replace Judas because they believe it is what _______ wanted, not because it is what ______ wanted.

7.    One of these must become a witness with us: The disciples were bold enough to make a decision because they knew from God’s ______ that this is what He wanted. The apostles did not sense an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon them; that was yet to come. But God did not leave them without guidance. They knew what to do from the ______.

8.    We also can be ___________ of His resurrection, both by trusting and proclaiming the apostolic testimony, and our own testimony that the risen Jesus _____ in and through us.

9.    Even though we read nothing more of Matthias, we should not assume he was a ______ as an apostle. Except for Peter and John, none of the ________ twelve are mentioned again after Acts 1. Matthias was no more of a failure than Matthew or Andrew or Thomas or any of the others.

10.    On the Old Testament Day of Pentecost Israel received the ____; on the New Testament Day of Pentecost the Church received the Spirit of _______ in fullness.

11.    Under the Old Covenant, the Holy Spirit rested on God’s people more as a _______, that is, Israel. But under the New Covenant, the Holy Spirit rests upon God’s people as __________ – the tongues of fire sat upon each of them.