CHAPEL OF HIS RESURRECTION
ESUT TEACHING HOSPITAL, PARKLANE, G.R.A, ENUGU
BIBLE STUDY OUTLINE

THEME: REVIVE YOUR WORK (PEOPLE) IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS.
TOPIC: THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH: CASE STUDY OF GENUINE REVIVAL
TEXT: ACTS: 2:42-47

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the characteristics of the early church, and draw examples from their lifestyle that will help the church today to be revived.

INTRODUCTION
The Flaming Herald defines revival as “when the saints return to normal, when the Holy Spirit becomes their oxygen, when a hunger to know God is the norm, when being conformed to his image is their focus, when evangelism and discipleship become a lifestyle.” Undoubtedly, these were the qualities of the early church and little wonder they were able to turn the world “upside down.” The church today has a lot to learn from the early church to be in a position to play her role and influence her generation for God. May the Lord help us through this study to encounter Him and experience genuine revival.

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Identify the qualities of the 1st century Church from the following passages. Acts 2:42-47; 4:13; 13:5-12; 1 Thes 1:6-8

2. Is the Church today different from the early Church?
2Tim 3: 1-8; Rev 3:1, 15-17; Phil 3:18-19

3. What lessons can we learn from the 1st century church?
Acts 4:18-20; 29-34.5:40-42

4. Identify the factors that are responsible for the state of the church today
1 Cor. 3:1-4; 2Tim. 4:10; Isaiah 59:1-2; 64:7.

5. How can the church experience true revival? Rev. 3:17-20; Jude 3; Acts 1:8; Zach. 10:1.

6. Discuss the effect of true revival in the church and the society in general .
Psalm 85:6-12; Isaiah 64:1-3; 2 Chron. 7:14.

CONCLUSION
Revival is a time when God is truly seen as God – In His glorious majesty. This is what we desperately need.
Memory Verse – Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved – Psalms 80:19.

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