| If You Were a Christian in Ancient
Rome… • You lived in one of the most incredible
___________of the ancient world.
• You very well may have heard
the ___________from someone who was in ________________on the Day of
Pentecost in AD 30 when Peter first proclaimed the crucified Jesus as Lord and
Christ (Acts 2:1-14, 22-24, 32-41).
• You very well may have known
Jewish brothers and sisters who were _____________from Rome in AD 49 by
Emperor Claudius (AD 41-54) because of strife over ____________” (Acts
18:1-4). • You very well may have ______________your
Jewish brethren back in AD 54 after Claudius died.• In AD 57, you and your brothers and sisters
in Christ received a ____________from the apostle _________who was writing
from Corinth during his third missionary journey (Acts 20:1-3). •
You very well may have traveled to the Forum of ___________and Three
__________in AD 60 to personally meet Paul (Acts 28:11-16). •
You very well may have ____________with Paul throughout AD 60-62 and
listened to him boldly proclaim the kingdom of ______and teach extensively
about the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 28:30-31).
• You very well may have heard
in person many of the encouragements and teachings Paul wrote in
______________, Philippians, ______________, and Philemon(Phil 1:12-14). •
You were probably aware of the fact that, by that point in time, there
were ___________even in ______________own household (Phil 4:21-22). •
Your city suffered a terrible ________in the summer of AD 64 that
burned for six days and seven nights, consuming almost three-fourths of the
city. Word would have spread to you quickly that Emperor ________had set the
fire for his own amusement. Your life would have changed dramatically once
Nero laid blame for the fire on Christians.
• You would have been
personally familiar with_________________(Rom 8:31-39). •
You would have had some serious ___________to make (Rom 1:16-17;
6:1-4; 12:1-2; 16:25-27). |
