I cannot help but get jealous of the church in the book of Acts. At the end of chapter 2 the church seemed to be awe of everything that had happened recently and seemed to careless about anything left in their life except Jesus.
Notice what Chapter 2 verses 42-47 says, or doesn’t say. It doesn’t say that after work every day they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship. It doesn’t say they were all together and even though everyone was different they just overlooked it and fellowshipped.
It does say that they were all together and they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship. It does say that they were all together and had everything in common.
Church growth and evangelism could be same today as it was 2,000 years ago. We could still see everyone excited and spreading God’s wonderful redemption message! Today we fail to COMMIT to God. God is simply something we fit into our life but not anymore important than having to pay bills or having to go visit family members or having to go to work.
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"The devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching..."Acts 2:42 |
I can tell you this…if you want to see Acts chapter 2 again in this modern world then it doesn’t start with prayer rebuking the devil to stay away from sinners, it doesn’t start great messages in the church or wonderful anointed worship services. It starts with you, the Christian. You commit to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. You simply bring into perspective the fact that there is nothing more important than the message of the Cross.
God’s glory is real, God’s power is real and we need to commit to the understanding that there is nothing more important than serving him and fellowshipping with people that we have things in common with!
Read Chapter 2 and commit to prayer. Ask God to bring back the event, feeling and movement of Acts chapter 2. The is more to come on this topic!
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