God poured out His Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, and the Church was born! The book of Acts can be outlined in three simple divisions: In chapter 1, Jesus went up. In chapter 2, the Holy Spirit came down. In chapter 3 through 28, the people went out. Jesus went up... the Holy Spirit came down... the people went out. After receiving the Holy Spirit, the first Christians went out into the world and became His witnesses by proving in their daily lives what Jesus had taught them. And the world has never been the same! In Acts 17:6, some of the Jews called the Christians "these who have turned the world upside down." As you read through the lives of the first Christians, the same Holy Spirit who inspired Luke to write this book will be present with you to make the words and lives of the first Christians speak to your life. What the Holy Spirit did in and through the lives of the apostles and the first Christians, He is still doing! God's Word is not just Truth from yesterday. It is Truth for today!