The Birth of the Church | Acts 2:42-47 Life in the Early Church

Matthew 28:19-20

Acts 2:42-47

The local church is built up with Spirit filled disciples committed to the Lord: TOGETHER.

2 Peter 2:1-2 // Ephesians 4:11-16

“We pay a price to give our lives to a real community. We lose some of our space, time, and freedom to do as we please. But the Bible tells us to submit to one another. That requires us to adjust, to fit in, to always look for the win/win… Scripture is clear. Christians have to choose between isolation, which is easy, and belonging, which is costly – and much more satisfying. Here is why our belonging to a church matters so much to God. We are living stones in the spiritual temple that He is building in the world today. He wants to dwell among His people, and we as living stones find ourselves when we are built into the spiritual temple. There is no churchless Christianity in the Bible. We individualistic Americans need to face that. God is building a new community, and it’s worth belonging to.” – Ray Ortlund

Those who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ, belong with the church of Jesus Christ.  

Galatians 4:4-7 // John 13:34

The local church should understand and reflect this great truth:

That our lives are nor our own, but exist for the glorification of Jesus and the spreading of His message – in unity with one another.

1 John 5:14 // Psalm 34:14 // Hebrews 10:19-25 // Galatians 2:20