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Acts 2:47 · BSB
2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
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…easier for some of y'all. Yeah, I would say great. Um, Acts 2, first time the gospel's preached, 3,000 people become Christians. That's Acts 2:41.Acts 2:47, God's adding to the church. By the time you get to Acts chapter 4 and verse 4, Luke says there's 5,000 Christians counting at least just the men.…
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…and to Sarah who bore you. For I've called him alone and blessed him and increased him. He doesn't just call us, he blesses and what increases.Acts chapter 2, verse 47. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being Save addition, multiplication, increase, all of the variables God expects. Are you…
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…what community is. Community is connecting with people, getting to know them intimately, knowing their stories, truly entering into their lives.Acts 2, verses 44 through 47show us what it looks like to truly enter into each other's lives. It reads, All the believers were together and had everything in common. They…
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…all of this time in God's word. They knew what they were getting into. You know, they they gathered regularly. It was a routine. We know that fromActs chapter 2, verses 42 through 47. Um, we know that they were gathering day by day to break bread. And they likely gathered at some inconvenient times, right? Because they had to…
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…been obedient to the gospel. We see how they grew and continued together and began to strengthen and grow, became known to the community. InActs chapter 2, verse 42-47, there's been opposition that has arisen, Acts chapter 3, 4, and 5. In the middle of that, they've had to respond to financial challenges,…
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…presence of God, that we have that opportunity to see God touch and change our lives. But we see the result of Acts 2.4 later on in the chapter. InActs 2, verses 42 to 47, it gives us an idea of how to structure our lives, our ministry, and the church. This is what it says in Acts 2, 42. It says this. All the…
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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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…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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…John chapter 20, verse 19 to 23. Acts chapter 1, verse 14 to 15. Acts chapter 1, verse 14 to 15. Acts chapter 2, verse 1. Acts chapter 2, verse 1.Acts chapter 2 verse 46 to 47. Acts chapter 2 verse 46 to 47. Acts chapter 3 verse 1. Acts chapter 3 verse 1. Extra references of believers meeting and then we see God what?…
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…of Christ. So the Church is purchased. And then finally, the church is populated. The church is populated with the saved. We already saw that inActs chapter 2 verse 47. Praising God and having favor with all the people and the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. With whom is the church…
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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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…see first of all that evangelism is our way to bless the world. It's our way to bless the world. We see that right here at the outset in verse 47.Acts chapter 2 verse 47, at the very end of the chapter, it says this, praising God and having favor with all the people. And notice what happens. And the Lord added to…
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