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Acts 2:44–45 · BSB
2:44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.
2:45 Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
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…It's actually what we just read in Luke's summary statement. Why am I saying that it's a summary statement? Because we see a summary statement inActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47, and we also see a summary statement in Luke chapter or Acts chapter 4, I think it's verse 32 to 34. And now we see another one of Luke's summary…
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…argue, friends, that the church, the church is the primary place where we are to use our labor to invest and enrich the lives of people. Listen toActs chapter 2, verses 44 through 47. This is the picture of the early church. All of the believers were together, they had everything in common. They sold property, possessions, they…
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…and trying to lure people he came in the demonstration of the power of God and we know that was the example that we have because we're gonna readActs chapter 2 verse 42 to 47and it says and they continued steadfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and breaking of bread and prayers and fear came upon every soul…
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…in your life. When the early church community was formed, the Bible says they sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.Acts chapter 2, verses 43 through 45. This was a spirit produced generosity. People stopped clinging tightly to possessions because the spirit changed them. And change their priority.…
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…one knows, no one knows me for me. No one knows my fears, my struggles. And Ephesians, what am I saying? Yes, Ephesians as well, Ephesians 3, butActs chapter 2, verse 42 to 47paints a different picture, it gives us then a remedy for that. A community formed not by proximity to preferences, but by the spirit of the risen…
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…mission. And I love that Luke captures this in this second summary that we just read together. The first summary or snapshot of the church was inActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47. But the apostles or Luke gives us another snapshot here after the Pentecost happens, the Holy Spirit falls, they're emboldened, they begin to…
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…Jesus ascends, the Holy Spirit descends, empowers the people of God to proclaim the gospel and break new boundaries for the message of the Lord.Acts chapter 2, verse 42 through 47, the chapter ends with this amazing portrait of the early church, the kind of community that forms when the gospel is proclaimed and believed. Acts…
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…of God with us this morning In the name of Jesus For people who know something about communism the picture painted here in today's first readingActs chapter 2 verse 42 through 47Reminds them of people's commune life on their mall or to some people of European descent the utopian communities in the 19th century in Europe and…
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…I'm not asking to make you feel guilty. I'm asking it because it's the exact question this passage in Acts 2 raises. Let's look at it together.Acts 2, verse 42 through 47. They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and…
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…purposes that we are to fulfill, as belonging to the Lord Jesus, and belonging to one another. And we got to see over the last several weeks, fromActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47, this church that is beginning to show the evidence of spiritual life. Life that has happened because of the work of Christ in their life, and a…
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…too. And fellowship, getting together, spending time together, showing hospitality to one another, was a primary act of the early Christian church.Acts chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. This is the pinnacle of Christianity. This is when the church was at its best. Says, and they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the…
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…So when the gospel is on the move in word and in deed, it results in growth. All along we've seen this happen. Um, uh Luke has mentioned it inActs chapter 2, verses 41 to 47. In Acts chapter 4, verse 4, many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of men came to be about 5,000. Again, just the men.…
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…of believers who are fellowshipping with one another, and so we get this picture in full color as we've been reading through the last few verses ofActs 2, verses 42 to 47. Those of us who enjoy sports, I don't know if there's any baseball fans out there, but I think the baseball season has just begun, and I'm sure…
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…though? Well, we give it to those in need, particularly fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. This standard was set before us by the early church.Acts chapter 2, verses 43 through 45says, and all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the…
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…worship briefly just to remind you of what we covered last week. And for those of you who weren't here to kind of bring you into our discussion onActs chapter 2 verses 42 to 47, and then pick it up with discipleship in just a few minutes here. The first question we ask is, what is worship? What is worship? And we saw from…
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…first giant revival of Jesus uh of the of the Christ followers, of the Jesus followers, and then the church gets into the day-to-day existing. AndActs chapter 2, verses 42 through 47, which Rebecca read, is what the day-to-day looked like. And I'll read it once more, just to remind us again, Acts chapter 2, verses 42 through 47.…
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…as we kind of follow along. But I'm going to briefly tell the story. But before I do that, I want to just mention that last week we talked aboutActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47. And you should know that the Bible, in its earliest forms, did not have chapters and verses, which means that this story is a direct outflow of…
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…could you just please get my phone out of my pocket so I don't need my Bible? We've been working, so if you want to turn to in advance, turn toActs 2, verses 42 to 47. Yeah, we've been working through a series in Acts, based around Acts 2, verses 42 to 47, and that early church, that first church that was…
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…back to being like the early church, the first century church. And I agree with that. I know exactly what they mean. That we've got to get back toActs chapter 2, verse 42 to 47, where we're meeting together, we're breaking bread together, we're committed to the apostles' teaching, the early church. We ought to be just like…
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…I don't have a lot of high hopes. Why the coffee plant, coffee seed, dead plant analogy? Here's why. I want to land the plane today. We've been inActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47, and here's what it says All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship and to sharing in meals, including the…
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