As we’ve been learning, Acts is the second volume from an ancient, historical writer named Luke. In his first volume, Luke wrote a biography of Jesus (or what we now call a Gospel), and after putting Jesus' life on paper, Luke continued to record the narrative.
Acts begins with Luke telling us that his first volume was about "all that Jesus began to do and teach." The word "began" is very important in that sentence, as Luke's second volume records what Jesus' continued to do, only now through his Holy Spirit in the lives of his first followers.
After Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension, it was important for the author to stress that Jesus was no less present in the world, but had flooded his first followers with his Spirit so that they might be his hands and feet, sharing the truth about who Jesus was and what he’d done with everyone. Do we know the value of what’s in our possession? That's one of the questions emerging from our text today.
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