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Name: Amanda Rhodes
BIBLE STUDY PROJECT: CORRELATION
Passage: Acts 9:36-43
A. How does this passage from Acts fit within the metanarrative of the Bible? State what
type of story you believe this to be (creation, fall, redemption, or new creation) and
explain why you believe this to be so? Your explanation should be 1 paragraph (200-300
words) in length. It may be good to review chapter six in Everyday Bible Study in order to
recall what each of these four themes are about.
The passage from Acts 9:36-43 fits within the redemption metanarrative of the Bible.
Peter did not have to pay the price to redeem human kind from sin, but did so through the
power of God. He performed a miracle that brought Tabitha back to life and in turn this
miracle brought new believers. Through Peter, those who were once lost were now
redeemed and God’s love and power was prominent in the town of Joppa. God used his
disciples to show his power and blessed those, like Tabitha, who did well by others.
Tabitha’s good deeds and redemptive qualities were proven by the widows grieving her
death upon Peter’s arrival. God is the ultimate redeemer, and his redemption is a gift
just as the people of Israel learned when “God saved them from sin and slavery in Egypt,
and he saved them for life in the Promised Land”. (Cartwright and Hulshof, p. 44).
Redemption is a beautiful thing, and we as Christians need to identify that it is indeed a
gift, as stated, “Redemption is not a “do it yourself” project. The kind of redemption
that God has in mind is one that only he can accomplish. It is the kind of redemption that
leaves you speechless”. (Cartwright and Hulshof, p.44).
B. How does your principle from Acts 9:36-43 fit with the rest of the Scripture? This
principle is the one you have written out in 1-3 sentences in the Interpretation section. If
your principle is a true Biblical principle, it will be reflected throughout the
Scriptures. Where is the principle discovered in this New Testament narrative found
elsewhere in the Scriptures? Your explanation should be 1 paragraph (200-300 words) in
length. Be specific. List, explain, and cite your supporting passage(s) from Scripture.
My principle was God’s faithfulness. God proves his faithfulness by resurrecting Tabitha
through his disciple, Peter. God’s unwavering faithfulness is throughout the bible for
example, it is stated “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”. (1 John 1:9). God further proves his
faithfulness through Noah. As first discussed in Genesis 3:15, “And I will put enmity
between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel”, God later used Noah to make everything right again. The
world had become so wicked and corrupt and “God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh
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is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will
destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in
the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch”. (Genesis 6:13-14). There
would be certain death, and upon God’s word of imminent judgment,
Noah received a
blueprint. He was given specific instructions and told to
build an ark. In turn God would
be faithful to Noah, and spared Noah and
his family. While there is no longer wrath and
judgment for us by Christ
dying for our sins, God still shows his faithfulness by redeeming us as
sinners.
C. How does this passage from Acts reflect the person and work of Jesus Christ? State and
explain at least one way that the principle of this passage identifies something of the
person and work of Jesus Christ. Your explanation should be 1 paragraph (200-300
words) in length. Be specific. List, explain, and cite your supporting passage(s) from
Scripture.
Acts 9:36-43 reflects the person and work of Jesus Christ by way of showing how
powerful God is in leading others to believe in him. He used Jesus just as he did other
disciples, to spread His word and perform miracles such as Peter did when he
resurrected Tabitha. Jesus Christ was faithful, he did not stop being faithful even when
he was betrayed. Jesus was betrayed by Judas, who was his closest friend, but
forgave him anyway. As stated, “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not
what they do.” (Luke 23:34). Jesus Christ’s faithfulness is throughout the Bible and
unchanged as stated, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever”.
(Hebrews 13:8). Just as Tabitha did good, Jesus Christ did good as well, God’s Word tells
us that doing a good deed has an evangelistic effect, “ Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”.
(Matthew 5:16). Jesus Christ proved this evangelistic effect, leading others to believe
when he fed the 5000, and healed the ill as stated in Matthew 14:35-36, “And when
the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round
about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; And besought him that they might
only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole”.
Works Cited
John Cartwright and Chris Hulshof, Everyday Bible Study: Growing in the Christian Faith, ed.
Gabriel Etzel and Ben Gutierrez, 2nd edition., Everyday Bible Series (Nashville, TN:
B&H Academic, 2019).
King James Bible. (2008) Oxford University Press. (Original work published 1769)
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