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Scripture: Acts 28:1-31
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Series: How the Church ACTS
Jordan Easley
Acts 28
Gicomo Puccini was a well-known composer that has written some of history's greatest operas. Even when his body was covered in cancer in the year 1922, he was determined to write one final piece entitled, ''Turandot,'' [TUR-AN-DOT] which many consider his best.
As his body become weak, his students would beg him to rest, but he continued to persist through the pain. At one point he said, ''If I do not finish my music, my students will finish it.''
In 1924, Puccini went to Brussels for an operation and died two days after his surgery. Just as he predicted, his students completed ''Turadnot,'' and in 1926 it premiered in Milan, Italy under the direction of Puccini's favorite student, Arturo Toscanini.
As he directed the opera, everything was perfect... until he came to the place where his teacher was forced to put down his pen. At that point, Toscanini was overcome with emotion. Tears where streaming down his face to the point where he was forced to stop the production. He turned to the audience and cried out... ''Thus far the master wrote, but he died!''
But after a few seconds of silence, a smile appeared on his face... Toscanini picked up his baton... looked at the audience and said... ''But, his disciples finished his work!'' And they went on to finish the opera.
The Book of Acts is the story of [Acts 1:1-2] ''all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.''
It's the story of His disciples being [Acts 1:8] ''witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.''
We've seen God use people like Peter and John, Stephen and Philip to perform miracles, healing in the name of Jesus. He used these men to make disciples and start churches and point people to the good news of Jesus!
In this study, we were also introduced to anoth ...
Series: How the Church ACTS
Jordan Easley
Acts 28
Gicomo Puccini was a well-known composer that has written some of history's greatest operas. Even when his body was covered in cancer in the year 1922, he was determined to write one final piece entitled, ''Turandot,'' [TUR-AN-DOT] which many consider his best.
As his body become weak, his students would beg him to rest, but he continued to persist through the pain. At one point he said, ''If I do not finish my music, my students will finish it.''
In 1924, Puccini went to Brussels for an operation and died two days after his surgery. Just as he predicted, his students completed ''Turadnot,'' and in 1926 it premiered in Milan, Italy under the direction of Puccini's favorite student, Arturo Toscanini.
As he directed the opera, everything was perfect... until he came to the place where his teacher was forced to put down his pen. At that point, Toscanini was overcome with emotion. Tears where streaming down his face to the point where he was forced to stop the production. He turned to the audience and cried out... ''Thus far the master wrote, but he died!''
But after a few seconds of silence, a smile appeared on his face... Toscanini picked up his baton... looked at the audience and said... ''But, his disciples finished his work!'' And they went on to finish the opera.
The Book of Acts is the story of [Acts 1:1-2] ''all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.''
It's the story of His disciples being [Acts 1:8] ''witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.''
We've seen God use people like Peter and John, Stephen and Philip to perform miracles, healing in the name of Jesus. He used these men to make disciples and start churches and point people to the good news of Jesus!
In this study, we were also introduced to anoth ...
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