Acts 2- Church 101

Acts 2 is one of the more dramatic chapters in the Bible.  We see the arrival of the Holy Spirit, the first Gospel message, 3,000 new believers in one day and the blueprint of a successful church.  Please read this awesome chapter.

When we last left the disciples Jesus had asked them to wait.  Waiting is tough but in this chapter we see why God's timing was/is perfect.  Much of me wants to write this blog post on the beauty being on His timing.  However, I'm going to write about the basics of the church.

In verses 42-47 Luke writes about the first church.  Below are the basics for a successful church.

A successful church:

1) Teaches and is taught.
Any church worth its salt will be full of solid teaching and preaching and listeners.

2) Fellowships.
Do you want your church to be successful?  Then hang out and uplift one another.

3) Has communion.
Communion is essential.  The first church had communion.

4) Prays.
They devoted themselves to prayer.  Is your church devoted to prayer?

5) Knows that everything is God's and act like it.
To have success a church must treat possessions as "His" and "ours" not "mine".

6) Fulfills needs.
The Church has dropped the ball here.  It is not the governments job, rather it is ours.

7) Meets together.
Church is not an individual sport.  Man was not made to be alone.

8) Eats together and loves it.
Do you eat with people in your church just because you love being with them?

9) Loves God and loves each other.
You can sense this prominently in a healthy church.

When the first church did these nine things "The Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."

The Church is the bride of Christ and the key tool used by God here on earth.  Let's be the way He intended her to be.  Do your part to be a member of a successful church today.