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| Together as a group, list on a white board all the major events. You should include: • The ascension of Jesus • The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost • A lame man is healed • Peter and John are arrested because of this healing and told not to speak about Jesus again. • The community of believers prospers, sharing its possessions with each other. • Ananias and Sapphira are struck dead for lying to the Holy Spirit. Now ask the youth to silently read Acts 5:12-42. As they read, ask them to look for parts of the story that they find unusual or surprising. When they are finished, make a list of these unusual events or things. You list may include: • Why wouldn’t others want to join them if they held the believers in high esteem? • Why would people want Peter’s shadow to fall on them? In order to heal them? • An angel of the Lord freed the apostles who were in jail. • The angel told them to go right back to the temple and keep on teaching. • The guards didn’t even know the apostles had escaped. • The temple police were afraid of being stoned by the people. • Why were the temple officials so enraged that they wanted to kill the apostles? What was it about the story of Jesus that made them so mad? • Why would the rabbi Gamaliel risk his reputation to say what he did? • The apostles rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer for Jesus. • Even though they were told to, they didn’t stop teaching about Jesus. Continued... |
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