5. The Spread of Redemption: Acts

As recorded in the gospels, Christ had accomplished our redemption through his death and resurrection. Now the disciples would be used by the Holy Spirit to spread this great redemption. Dr. Luke had written the gospel that bears his name as an orderly account of the life and work of Jesus Christ. Now he continues the story of how the 12 apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, continued to carry out God's great redemptive plan in history through proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ throughout the ancient world.
He recounts how Saul of Tarsus, zealous for Judaism but an enemy of God and his people participated in the persecution and murder of Christians. But after he encountered the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he was appointed as an apostle to the Gentiles. The apostle Paul would eventually write most of the Epistles, or letters, which explain this great salvation.
In one sense the book of Acts is still being written because the spread of redemption continues as God's primary work through his people in the church age. When that work is completed, history will conclude with Christ's triumphant return.