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*Reading*- Acts 2:42-47
*Prayer*
*Rapport*- It is honor today to bring you a message from the word of God.
Not only is it an honor to stand here in this pulpit and preach as the youth pastor, but it also an honor to preach in this pulpit after being one who sat in these seats as a child, teenager and now as an adult.
I have watched as Ellendale Baptist church grew from a small community church to the wonderful neighborhood church it is today.
It reminds me of a story of a small town had experienced rapid growth, and the local church congregation had outgrown their building.
The members formed a committee to plan and build a new church.
The committee told the minister to take care of the flock and they would handle the details of church construction.
The minister complied with the request and kept his distance.
As the new building was nearing completion, the committee chairman invited the minister to view their new house of worship.
Entering through the main doors, the minister noted only the last row of pews had been installed.
“Since people always fill the last row of pews first, we had a special feature installed,” the chairman said.
He pressed a button on the wall and the pew moved forward and another popped up.
The minister was impressed.
The big day finally arrived for the first service in the new church.
The minister peeked out as the pews filled from the back and then moved forward.
He was ecstatic.
When the time came for the sermon, the mister was so filled with joy and goodwill, he delivered his prepared message and then some.
At 12 o’clock, he was still sharing the good word when the church bells began to ring...when suddenly a hole opened up in the floor and the pulpit and the minister slowly descended out of sight.
*Review*- Let us begin today with a little background information about our passage in Acts 2:42-47.
The book of Acts was written by Luke to Theophilus as a sequel to the gospel of Luke.
The book has been titled as “Acts of the Apostles” but some see the “Acts of the Holy Spirit in the church” as a better fit.
For it is by the power of the Holy Spirit that the New Testament church was able to grow.
Luke records the events of Acts starting with the 1.)
The promise of the Holy Spirit and the Commissioning of the Apostles; 2.)
The ascension of Jesus Christ; 3.)The choice of Matthias to replace Judas; 4.)
The Coming of the Holy Spirit; 5.)
The Gospel shared by Peter;
*Relevance*- Today, I want us to look at the next major event in the book of Acts which is the activity of the First Christian Church.
The church was new and very green, but they were a family.
They had their leadership in place, they were empowered by the Holy Spirit and they were ready to make an impact on the world that is still evident today.
So now over 2000 years later, we at Ellendale Baptist church need to open the word of God and see his model of a healthy Christian church.
He has provided the mold and we are the dough, ready to shaped by his word.
From these passages, I would like to focus on the qualities of a healthy church family.
*QUALITIES OF A HEALTHY CHURCH FAMILY*
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*1. **THE CHURCH RECIEVES NEW MEMBERS*
*Acts 2:40-42*- These people were convicted of their sin, they received the word and were baptized.
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*HIS ROLLS*- If you have not made Christ your Lord and Savior, you cannot be a part of the church.
You may have your names on our membership rolls, but your name is not in His membership roll called the Book of Life.
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*Rev.
20:11-13,15*
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*YOU ARE THE CHURCH-*You may fill our church seats and attend our classes, but only a repentant person willing to surrender all to Christ is a part of the church family.
The church is not this building.
We could all walk outside, down the street, into an open field, praise and worship our God and still be the church.
You can’t really be at church; you have to be the church.
*DON’T WAIT-* If you need to surrender your life today, don’t wait.
You don’t even have to wait for me to stop preaching, if God is calling you right now to salvation, come forward and a pastor will take you by the hand.
*YOUR CHURCH FAMILY*-But when you receive Christ, you enter into a new family- your church family.
Just like God graciously adds to our earthly families as children are born, so God adds to our heavenly family as well.
The second quality of the church family is…
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**THE CHURCH IS DEVOTED TO SPIRITUAL PRACTICES*
*DEVOTED* Vs. 42- “they were devoted.”
Most of your translation say “devoted” but I would like to consider more descriptive translation
One NT Greek scholar translates, “
· to persevere,
· to give constant attention to a thing,
· to be devoted or constant to one,
· to be steadfastly attentive to,
· to give unremitting care to,
· to wait on continually, \
· to be in constant readiness for one.”
These new believers were constant in their commitment to the church because it was their family.
They were constant in their commitment because they were born again and nothing else seemed to matter.
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Martin Lloyd-Jones* says, “These men and women in Acts 2 were born again, and they manifested it by continuing “steadfastly.”
You did not have to round them up or keep watch on them and say accusingly, “You were not here last meeting.”
The Jerusalem Christians were there “steadfastly,” day by day, constantly; you could not keep them away.”
Why is that?
What so passionately grabbed their hearts that they wanted to continue with such dedication to the church?
It was Christ.
May Christ grab hold of us with such a force that we cannot deny but to serve him with constant commitment or devotion.
*HERNANDO CORTEZ*-When the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1519 he was intent on conquest.
To assure the devotion of his men, Cortez set fire to his fleet of eleven ships!
With no means of retreat Cortez’s army had only one direction to move, into the Mexican interior.
Cortez understood the price of commitment—and he paid it.
Let’s look at what the church is devoted to :
*TEACHING-*The 3,000 saved at Pentecost were new creations in Christ and they needed to grow.
How do we grow as believers?
Paul says, “/like new born infants, long for the pure spiritual milk that you may grow up in your salvation/.”
Paul is reminding us that we are babes in Christ and we cannot survive without being fed.
One means by which we can grow as Christians is by being taught the Word of God.
The Word of God is like an onion.
It has so many layers and as be dive deeper into those layers, we learn more about our God who loves us.
*Matthew 28:19-20,* “teaching them to observe all things”- Jesus command to his disciples was to make disciples of all nations.
Many people interpret that passage as a call to “go” but the command by our Lord is the command to “make disciples” as you go.
And Jesus even tells us how to make those disciples, by teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.
We as a church family have to make disciples by teaching the others the Word of God.
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*2 Timothy 2:2*, “things which you heard from me…entrust them to faithful men…who will teach others.”
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*GOD WORD IS NOT A SECRET-*So the church family should be devoted to hearing the teaching of the Word and teaching others the Word.
This life changing, God-breathed testament of God was not designed to kept a secret; It is to be shared with the others.
Jesus shared the word with his disciples and countless others, Paul shared it with Timothy and countless others, who are you sharing it with today?
The second devotion of the church was to…
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*FELLOWSHIP *
Vs. 42 “devoted to teaching and fellowship”
*GREEK WORD KOINONIA*-One of the great Greek words of the bible you should know is “koinonia.”
It is a classic word that means partnership, fellowship, and co-operation with the ones whom you love and have commonality with.
It actually comes from the root word “koinos” which means common.
*JEWS WANTED NEW COMMUNITY-*These Acts 2 Jews had just embarked on a radical journey in their lives by accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Since God made us all to desire relational connection, they wanted to fellowship and share this experience with those who have the same common commitments to the Lord.
They wanted community to share the Christian life with.
We all want fellowship with people in our lives who are like us.
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