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Acts 2:44 · BSB
2:44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.
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…the grace encounter of God that we get, and it's called Encountering God Through Fellowship. Encountering God Through Fellowship. So let's look atActs, chapter 2, verses 42-47. And they devoted themselves to the apostles, teaching and the fellowship. If you write in your Bible, if you want to underline that or circle it,…
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…in Matthew 28, verses 19 through 20. You'll find that in your notes. And also the fellowship of believers, which is found in Acts 29, or excuse me,Acts chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. There is no Acts 29. But it's Acts chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. These verses, like I said, they'll be found in your notes and we're going to…
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…to live in community with other Christians, with other believers, and not want to be apart from them. The early church in Acts is a great example.Acts 2 verses 42 through 47read, and they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, so the breaking of bread and prayers and awe came upon everyone.…
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…most often translated into English as sharing. Fellowship or communion. Let's take a look at how koinonia and a similar word, koinos, are used inActs 2, verses 38 to 47. I've asked you, given you, some of you some slips of paper and to read from the Bible. And if you'll stand and turn to your classmates, we will…
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…of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42–47NASB) That was the evidence of their genuine salvation. They continued in fellowship, in worship, in breaking bread together, in exercising…
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…of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42–47NASB) That was the evidence of their genuine salvation. They continued in fellowship, in worship, in breaking bread together, in exercising…
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…who are learning, people taking our spiritual growth seriously. Next, back in Acts, chapter 2, we see that they were a loving church. Look with meActs, chapter 2, verse 44. 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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…apostles say, we cannot continue serving at these tables every day. We need to set time aside for prayer and teaching the word. So let me end. InActs chapter 2 verse 42 to 45, and the church grew. Why? Because there were four things they focused on, breaking of bread, fellowship, teaching, prayers. So let me end. Prayer…
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…so secret that this hand doesn't even know what this hand's got going on when you're given. And if that's not convincing enough, let me give youActs chapter 2 verse 44and it says, now all who believe were together. This was the first church, this was the early church, and had all things in common and sold their…
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…take communion if you're not following Christ. And you'll soon see why here in a little bit, why we often say that. But first, I want to revisitActs chapter 2, verses 44 through 47, which we covered in our home groups a while back. And here we get a descriptive glance at what the first church was doing in Jerusalem. And it was…
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…promise and I'm coming to you a little bit. Just want you to know, I know you're there took me a while to catch up to that we love you in Oakwood.Acts chapter 2, verse 44, look at that again and all who believed were together and had all things in common with the world. They had all things in common. Did they like…
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…spirit contending as one man for the faith of the gospel. Of course, we see a wonderful example of this in the early church, don't we, there in theActs 2, verses 42 to 47, where we see that they were devoted to the apostles' teaching to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. And all the believers were…
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…offer hopefully some some insight on what the first church had done and offer some suggestions to us as well. We'll be reading from Acts 2 chapterActs chapter 2 verse 40 through 47so you can get that get that out right now and you can stand if you're able in mind or spirit Acts chapter 2 verse 40 through 47 and with many…
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…to actually happen, we have to be in agreement with God and make two personal commitments. The first commitment is found at the very beginning ofActs chapter 2, verse 44, and it says this. All the believers met together in one place. Commitment number one is simply this show up, be present, make corporate worship a…
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…this week I'm talking about community. These are kind of the distinctives that set our church apart, right? So community. So we're going to be inActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47this morning. Acts chapter 2, verse 42 through 47. I will go ahead and read. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the…
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…if you read the Acts of the Apostles, you would realize this, you would realize that that church functioned as a community. Here's a novel idea,Acts chapter 2, verse 44, I think it is, where the writer tells us, Luke tells us, that when someone was in need, they would sell their possessions to meet that other…
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…just 5 verses. These are some of the most famous verses in the Bible, where it reveals to us the power of our worship, what our worship can do. InActs chapter 2, verse 42 through 47, it says all the believers, every single one of them, all the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to the…
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…care. God caring as people give. Let's get into the book of Acts together. We're going to go back to that passage that we've been in a few times.Acts chapter 2, verses 42 to 45. We'll find the words are up on our screen. To think about this idea that giving, the giving of Christians expresses fellowship. Acts 2, verse 42.…
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…Testament as we could. And we have. Everything we've done stands on the five principles that I'm going to give you this morning. And it comes fromActs chapter 2, verses 41 through 47. Then they gladly received his word, and they were baptized. And the same day they were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they…
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…our minds and our hearts to these ideas. We pray that your glorified and magnified in this place today. In Jesus name, amen. Enso reading throughActs 2:42 through 47, this is such a beautiful picture of what the church is and what the church was meant to be. It is an absolutely beautiful thing to read through.…
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