Acts 2:42–3:10

6/26/2012

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How to be the Church
"And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." Acts 2:42

Awesome praise band.
Killer men's/women's ministry.
Bleeding edge technology.
Great community groups.
Engaging and relevant preaching.
Short term missions opportunities.

That's right, the early church didn't have ANY of these things. The list could go on and on and on, but you get the point: it's easy for us to look for the wrong things in church. It's easy to want to be entertained and "ministered to". It's easy to go for the friends and the comfort of a familiar place. Why did the early church meet? Jesus. What did they have?

1. Teaching
2. Fellowship
3. Breaking bread
4. Prayers

No awesome programs or cool stuff. Just Jesus, and it was enough. Not only that, but people were drawn to what? Jesus. Every day God added to their number new people who were being saved. By what? Jesus. Just Jesus.

Andrei

6/26/2012 03:44:45 pm

The early church sounds mad wack! Teaching and fellowship? Booorrrinnngggg..... Breaking bread? Lame. Prayer? I'm falling asleep... Who could possibly be attracted to such a crowd of losers?

Kevin Kuo

6/26/2012 04:00:43 pm

One of the biggest attractions was that all people Jews and Gentiles believed themselves to be fallen people in need of God of the gods to restore them. However today instead we have a different world view one of entitlement that somehow God owes us something and if I give to God through the church that some how I am deserving of some services. This of course is a very unhealthy look at church and actually can impede your ability to develop a deep and meaningful relationship with Jesus.

6/26/2012 04:05:14 pm

Oh and the thing was Jesus' yoke was light compared to the other religions. That was the good news that no longer were yearly or constant sacrifices necessary.

Gina

6/28/2012 12:01:20 am

The funny thing is with all the "cool" stuff we have today, people are still not contented. You miss some of it..some are jumping ship to look for it in another place. I wonder if ...is it because the early times, people are less and needs are simpler? It's easier to focus on Jesus? Somehow there's the purity of heart and purpose of fellowship. Our world now is so complex, therefore we deal with complex needs complex people and in dealing with it, we often miss the whole point of the church meet? We are so into pleasing people than pleasing God?
Love this passage coz it brings us back to the basics.A great reminder of what we should focus on amidst all the cool stuff.

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