FELLOWSHIP: A NEGLECTED ESSENTIAL (3 OF 3)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47, 1 John 1:1-2, Philippians 2:1-4
This content is part of a series.
Fellowship: A Neglected Essential
Essential Elements
Tim Badal
1 John 1:1-2, Acts 2:42-47, Philippians 2:1-4
Turn in your Bibles this morning to 1 John. We'll be using this as a springboard text, as we continue in this series titled "The Essential Elements," looking at things that should be part and parcel of the life and ministry of any church. We've talked about the essential elements of preaching from God's Word, being devoted to prayer and being extravagant in our generosity.
Then last week we heard an incredible story from our missionaries in New Guinea, Ben and Missy Hatton, taking the element of evangelism and missions to a group of people who had never heard the gospel. We saw how this gospel message is changing the lives of the Amdu people in New Guinea. They also challenged us to take this same gospel to our workplaces and schools, anticipating the same results right before our eyes.
We have two more essential elements that we've been drawing from the book of Acts. In Acts 2 we have the story of the birth of the church, seeing a model for any church that longs to be biblical and seeks to honor and glorify Christ in all they say and do. There are two more elements present in this chapter: fellowship and hospitality. In some ways, these are two sides of the same coin. I'm going to concentrate on one side of the coin so I don't preach next week's sermon, which in many ways is the application of this week's sermon. Today however, we're going to focus on the essential element of fellowship, then next week we'll see how that can be lived out through hospitality. Our attention today will be on how the church should be devoted to fellowship.
As we read in Acts 2:42, the early believers "devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." Over the next 30 minutes or so, we'll be devoting ourselves to what God's Word says to us as His people about the subject of fellowship, then we'll close our serv ...
Essential Elements
Tim Badal
1 John 1:1-2, Acts 2:42-47, Philippians 2:1-4
Turn in your Bibles this morning to 1 John. We'll be using this as a springboard text, as we continue in this series titled "The Essential Elements," looking at things that should be part and parcel of the life and ministry of any church. We've talked about the essential elements of preaching from God's Word, being devoted to prayer and being extravagant in our generosity.
Then last week we heard an incredible story from our missionaries in New Guinea, Ben and Missy Hatton, taking the element of evangelism and missions to a group of people who had never heard the gospel. We saw how this gospel message is changing the lives of the Amdu people in New Guinea. They also challenged us to take this same gospel to our workplaces and schools, anticipating the same results right before our eyes.
We have two more essential elements that we've been drawing from the book of Acts. In Acts 2 we have the story of the birth of the church, seeing a model for any church that longs to be biblical and seeks to honor and glorify Christ in all they say and do. There are two more elements present in this chapter: fellowship and hospitality. In some ways, these are two sides of the same coin. I'm going to concentrate on one side of the coin so I don't preach next week's sermon, which in many ways is the application of this week's sermon. Today however, we're going to focus on the essential element of fellowship, then next week we'll see how that can be lived out through hospitality. Our attention today will be on how the church should be devoted to fellowship.
As we read in Acts 2:42, the early believers "devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." Over the next 30 minutes or so, we'll be devoting ourselves to what God's Word says to us as His people about the subject of fellowship, then we'll close our serv ...
There are 29933 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
