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Luke's Purpose For Writing The Book Of Acts

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I believe that Luke's purpose for writing the book of acts was to help people better understand the Holy Spirit, the church as a whole, as well as the early history of the church. The book of Acts is addressed to Theophilus. In the beginning of Acts, Jesus says to his disciples that they "will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." Jesus also told them that when they received the Holy Spirit that they would also receive His supernatural power. Jesus empowered His disciples to do His work and to spread the Good News all through out Judea, Samaria, and even to the most remote parts of the earth. Also, I the beginning of Acts, we see the start of Pentecost. Within this book we also see Jesus' ascension to Heaven. It is likely

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