Jan. 18, 2026

Last week we ended with Peter and John being warned by the Sanhedrin to not preach and teach in the name of Jesus. They respond saying are we to obey men or obey God.

Acts Lesson 7 Study Questions

1.    Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge: It was self-evident that they should listen to ____ instead of ____. Peter made an effective appeal to this truth.

2.    Finding no way of punishing them, because of the people: The Jewish leaders were completely unmoved by an obvious _______ from God, yet they responded to _______ opinion. This proves they cared far more about man’s opinion than God’s opinion.

3.    With one accord: They prayed in ______. There was no strife or contention among them. There wasn’t one group saying, “We should pray for this” and another saying, “we should pray for that.” They had the same _____ when they prayed.

4.     By the mouth of Your servant David have said:  It’s an important point. The apostles and disciples _________ that the words of King David, recorded in Psalm 2, were actually the _______ of the Lord God, said by the mouth of King David. The earliest Christians had a high view of the Holy Scriptures.

5.    Psalm 2 expresses complete confidence in God and His victory. “He is the King. He is ruler in Zion. Servants you can bind, but the Word of God is not ________. And that unleashed, unbound, powerful Word of the gospel reached out from Jerusalem, that remote city of the Roman Empire, to permeate and eventually __________ the entire world.” (Boice)

6.    Grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word: This request is consumed with God’s cause and glory, not the comfort and advancement of the disciples. They ask for things that will lead to ______ confrontation, not ______.

7.    They were all filled with the Holy Spirit: They were filled with the Holy Spirit, ______. The experience on Pentecost was not a one-time experience. For Peter, this counts as the _______ time he is specifically said to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

8.    This boldness is necessary today; we need to tell it all. We often deliberately _____ the work of God in our life from others who would actually _______ from hearing about it.

9.    They had all things in common: They recognized God’s __________ of everything; it all belonged to God and His people. Because God had touched their lives so deeply, they found it easy to _______ all things in common.

10.    With great power: This is both the result and the root of the attitude in the previous verse. Acts 4:32 shows they put God _____, people ________, and material things a distant _______.

11.    Joses, who was also named Barnabas: One man named Barnabas was a notable example of this giving spirit. Joses was known for being __________ with more than material things; he was so generous with ______________ that they called him Barnabas, meaning “Son of Encouragement.”