Acts 2 - The Church W2

Family living – Opener: Other than your spouse, who do you have the closest relationship with and why? Me- My son Tim. We have just wrapped up a remodeling project on his house and we spent a lot of time together working on the house. Along the way, we got to share our thoughts about all that is happening in his life, and his dreams and thoughts about the future. It has really been awesome.

Defining Characteristics of the Church – They operated like a family.

Acts 2: The first of the early church V37-47 

In V42 – What were the 4 activities they were doing?

o   Devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching

o   Fellowship

o   Breaking of bread

o   Prayer

We still do these today. Our’s is not exactly like their’s.

How is our teaching and learning different from what they did in Acts 2?

Do you think the sense of fellowship in the Act 2 church was stronger than it is in our church? Why?

V43 says that everyone kept feeling a sense of awe. Is there anything about Fellowship Bible Church that makes you feel a sense of awe?  

V 46 – talks about how they continued with one mind. How did they maintain this fantastic unity? Met day by day, had things in common, met each other’s needs, ate together, were sincere of heart, praised God.

Are those things that would help us maintain our unity? Why (each one)?

This passage sounds a lot like it is describing a family.

Challenge: This week – think of ways that you can treat your brothers and sisters in Christ as true family. Find ways to overcome the barriers that separate us, time, location, whatever, and act as though you are actually as close as a sister or brother or other family member to your fellow believers.