A church is so much more than a building. A church is the body of believers gathering together, growing together, and serving each other. Last night we were a church in so many ways, not just because we had our first service (which is very exciting!). Church is making pizza and eating a meal together. Church is Chris G. making gluten free pizza so Chris S. could eat. We talked about Acts 2:42-47. The believers in that time had everything in common. We thought that a big part of that was the fact that they were all living for the same thing. They were completely committed to the Great Commission – “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations…” All of the other little differences didn’t matter because the main thing did. Acts 2:47 says, “And the Lord added daily to their numbers those who were being saved.” What would it look like for that to happen in our context. The believers were meeting daily in public and at each other’s houses. People saw them out and about and I’m going to guess that their hearts were in the right place and they were great witnesses for Christ. We want to be like this. We want our actions to match who Christ has asked us to be. We want to be out there in the community living life on purpose.
Would someone look at you and think you are totally sold out for Christ? How can you build up others and have “everything in common” with people from The Grove?
I have been reading 1 John this week, and these verses reminded me of having everything in common with each other.
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This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
It's kinda weird to think about that God knows exactly what we're thinking, pure or impure. Makes me wanna double check everything I think about something. Good thing He is gracious and understanding.
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