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Acts 2:45 · BSB
2:45 Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
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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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…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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…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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…This word in the Greek means to share their very lives together. The essence of this Fellowship was sharing To share with one another. Look atActs 2, verses 44 through 47. I hope you with us so quick because I'm acting like you're not even there but I do love you, I promise and I'm coming to you a little bit. Just…
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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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…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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…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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…ago now, we put together a purpose statement. Based on how the early church was carrying out that great commission you see on the screen. It's inActs chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. Luke is the author of Acts. And at the end of chapter 2, he summarizes what the early church was doing. We, as a church, we had a lot of people…
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…that had been seen before in the world. And of course, this new community that emerged from the ashes of Rome was the Christian church. And inActs chapter 2, verses 42 to 47, we catch our first glimpse of this newly formed community, the newly formed church. And this is a place where Luke sort of pauses in his telling…
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…disciples, life does not go well for you. So, what happens if we do make disciples? Let's go to Acts chapter 2, and this is where I'm gonna close.Acts chapter 2, verses 42 to 47. Acts 2, 42 to 47. So um, this is uh this is a passage where a little bit of background here, Jesus has already come, and Jesus, if you know a…
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…bring all of who you are, and so does everyone else, to reveal something different and amazing and beautiful about God's word. Let's take a look inActs chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. Now, I'm not gonna do a deep dive about the context of this verse because come back next week. We're starting a new series upcoming called Future…
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…streets, 3,000 people are saved on that first day of the church's birth. 3,000 people are saved. And then Acts 2, here's the text for today. Here'sActs 2, verses 42 through 47is where we're gonna be. So here's the first activity of the church. Post, Holy Spirit, 3,000 are saved. Here's what they do after the church's…
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…so this week I want us to look at Acts chapter 2 at that first church, to look at the way that they had shared purpose and lavish grace. Look atActs chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Now we're going to keep…
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