And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day, those who were being saved. Acts 2: 46-47 Do you have a church that you attend? Are you breaking bread with your brothers and sisters in Christ? This has a twofold meaning. The first expression in Acts and the early church refers to sharing meals in one another’s home. How often do you cultivate relationships with others in your church? Do you ask them to your home for…
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Members of One Another: Part 2
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized be one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason…
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Digging Deeper
“They devoted themselves to at the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily the who were being saved.” Acts 2: 42-47 What a beautiful passage…
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Digging Deeper
The church is not just a building, programs, activities, and etc. The body of christ are his followers together working for God. It is not an easy task at hand because people are so different and at different stages in their walk with God. Then we add in human pride , selfishness, and being offended. People on the outside only see what they think they know, but in all reality, christians are humans just like them. We can be hurtful to one another, however, as Christ followers we are called to be above such treatment. Let’s Dig deeper today at some more verses on The church body. Have you and…
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Living In The Body Of Christ
God will teach and show us how to live together as the body of Christ. Have you struggle in any area of this? I think we all do. We are constantly in a struggle with our flesh and what God is asking us to do. We fight pride constantly. However, with the help of God, we can effectively live as a body and live in unity and love. Here are a few scripture verses that we will look at today on how to relate to one another. Romans 14:1, 12-13 – “Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. . . . each of us will…
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Peacemaker
For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall fo hostility. Ephesians 2:14a Have you ever been in a situation where you were having a casual conversation and it turned into a heated argument? Did you ever have someone with the group bring calmness “peace” to the group? This type of person is a peacemaker. Jesus brought peace with him when he came to the world. He gave us peace with God and with others through God. Jesus will bring ultimate peace when He comes back again. Jesus is our ultimate peacemaker. Jesus doesn’t’ just give peace. He is peace. His blood is what…
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Glory of God
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;…
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Spiritual Blessing – Part 1
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 God gives us spiritual blessings. Even though we are found guilty before God, we repent, he turns around and forgives us and gives us spiritual blessings. We have been justified! Let’s review the meeting of justified. Just a fied means declared or made righteous in the sight of God. Righteousness means worthy, upright, good. When we repent God justifies – ( makes us good in the sight of God). We are worthy. This happens all through our faith, not works. shalom means peace. This term mean more then the…