01.26.23 Let us be the church - Acts 2:42-47

Let us be the church

Acts 2:42-47

Sunday, 1/29/23

 

Marks of being the church…

1.  Continual commitment 

2.  Compelling teaching

3.  Close community

Romans 1:11, “For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.”

4.  Compassionate serving

Romans 12:4-6, “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them.”

5.  Corporate worship

6.  Contagious witnessing

7.  Changed perception