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First Churches Four Foundations
Luke shows us a picture, a snapshot of the church in the first century. It sure looks like a perfect church, doesn’t it? They are all together, they are devoted, committed, they are sharing everything, lots of hospitality, praising God, full of joy and everyone in town is in awe of them. Wow, do you wonder how long this lasted? This one snapshot of the church in the first century shows us what a health church looks like but it wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t a utopia. You don’t have 3,000 new converts show up at worship and have tranquility. The rest of Acts will show us warts and all. They will be opposed and attacked. Two of their members will drop dead for lying. Paul and Barnabas will get in a disagreement. Paul’s letters to early churches are full of sins and divisions and disagreements. The Churches Four Foundations. This is a picture of what a healthy church should be like. If we devote ourselves to these four foundations God by His Holy Spirit may be pleased to give us some of these same results. A church that doesn’t have or care about these four foundations can expect none of these results. Churches are all built on something. Some churches are built on a foundation of entertainment and relevance, being hip and cool. Some on emotion and hype, some on social justice and being man-centered. It is amazing how simple it is to build a solid, steady, stable, Spirit-filled and God-glorifying church. These are the four very ordinary but essential commitments and marks of a health Spirit-filled church that lead to supernatural results. God delights to use the ordinary because then when the extraordinary happens He gets the glory.
Better from Worse
When the Apostle Paul gathered his friends together in Acts 20 and let them know that God told him to go to Jerusalem, he could say only one thing for certain: that “the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.” (Acts 20:23).
Sometimes You Have to Get Bitten by the Snake
Pastor Danny Wilson shares a message from the Book of Acts encouraging us to seek God's had in everything that happens in our lives, whether they are good or bad.
What Shall We Do With This Jesus
Peter’s sermon started as an answer to a question. The Jews asked, “What does this mean?” He said it was the pouring out of Spirit God had promised long ago by the prophet Joel. Then he went on to make the connection to Jesus. This Jesus you killed, this Jesus God raise up, this Jesus who is now seated in glory with God and who sent the Spirit you now see. Acts 2:36-41 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Those last words of his sermon, “This Jesus whom you crucified” were ringing in their ears and when they heard it they were cut to the heart and the sermon ends with another question. “What must we do?” We are still uncovering all the miracles on that first Pentecost, all the ways the Holy Spirit revealed Himself.
Pentecost Preached
Peter is preaching his first sermon, a three point sermon based on three OT texts. We looked at the first point last week built on Joel 2:28-32 when Peter explained to the Jews in Jerusalem that God has poured out His Spirit as He promised long ago. After giving this explanation of Pentecost, Peter explains why God did it now. Something has happened they need to know. Full of the Holy Spirit Peter says, “Men of Israel, listen to me, I have something very important to say” and His first word is Jesus. That’s it, the most important thing to say is Jesus. That is the name above all names. Jesus is the answer to their confusion about what’s going on. Jesus is the answer to all of life’s most pressing questions and the most daunting problems. More than anything else this is what they must hear. The best way to understand Pentecost is by Jesus. So Peter preaches Jesus, the birth, life, ministry, death, resurrection and exaltation of Jesus, the whole Gospel concerning Jesus. Luke gives us just a summary.
Acts: The Mark of a Christian Community
Pastor Steven continues the series on the Book of Acts with his message on Christian community.
