A MOVEMENT IS BORN (1 OF 12)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11, Acts 2:1-41
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A Movement is Born (1 of 12)
Series: Unstoppable
Joey Rodgers
Acts 1:1-11; 2:1-41
Can you think of anything in life that's unstoppable? I know it seems Hurricane Irma is unstoppable - but it'll soon come to pass. By definition if something is unstoppable then it can't be stopped (I know... Profound!). Yet this side of heaven, everything is stoppable. What is unstoppable is anything attributed to the love/grace of God. His love is unstoppable - He'll never stop loving you; He'll never stop pursuing you; He'll never stop forgiving you; He'll never stop calling you and inviting you to Himself.
Did you know there's one thing this side of heaven involving you/me that God ordained to be unstoppable? The church!
What comes to mind when you think of church? It's likely what you imagine the church to be is different from what 1st century believers thought and what God planned for it to be.
From inception, the church is nothing more/less than a movement of the H.S. It was never intended to be a work of man but an unstoppable work of God. It's a movement to give witness to the belief that Jesus died as God's one solution to the problem of sin and that He arose from the grave to prove He was who He said He was and did what He said He'd do to rescue humanity from the wages of sin.
I find it interesting that in the Greek NT, the word translated church (ekklesia) a compound word - ek means out of and kaleo means called out. So an ekklesia is a movement of a group of people called out around an idea/mission of God.
Unfortunately, over the years, a terrible thing occurred. Soon after Christianity became accepted w/in the Roman Empire, instead of being a people on mission, the church began to become as a place you went to for religious services.
Did you know our English word ''church'' doesn't come from ekklesia but from the German word kirche - meaning a sacred place where you gather for religious purposes?
The danger of the church in every age is t ...
Series: Unstoppable
Joey Rodgers
Acts 1:1-11; 2:1-41
Can you think of anything in life that's unstoppable? I know it seems Hurricane Irma is unstoppable - but it'll soon come to pass. By definition if something is unstoppable then it can't be stopped (I know... Profound!). Yet this side of heaven, everything is stoppable. What is unstoppable is anything attributed to the love/grace of God. His love is unstoppable - He'll never stop loving you; He'll never stop pursuing you; He'll never stop forgiving you; He'll never stop calling you and inviting you to Himself.
Did you know there's one thing this side of heaven involving you/me that God ordained to be unstoppable? The church!
What comes to mind when you think of church? It's likely what you imagine the church to be is different from what 1st century believers thought and what God planned for it to be.
From inception, the church is nothing more/less than a movement of the H.S. It was never intended to be a work of man but an unstoppable work of God. It's a movement to give witness to the belief that Jesus died as God's one solution to the problem of sin and that He arose from the grave to prove He was who He said He was and did what He said He'd do to rescue humanity from the wages of sin.
I find it interesting that in the Greek NT, the word translated church (ekklesia) a compound word - ek means out of and kaleo means called out. So an ekklesia is a movement of a group of people called out around an idea/mission of God.
Unfortunately, over the years, a terrible thing occurred. Soon after Christianity became accepted w/in the Roman Empire, instead of being a people on mission, the church began to become as a place you went to for religious services.
Did you know our English word ''church'' doesn't come from ekklesia but from the German word kirche - meaning a sacred place where you gather for religious purposes?
The danger of the church in every age is t ...
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