Being the Apostolic Church Part 1; Acts 2:41-42

Delivered during the Sunday morning worship service, 09/12/2021. One of the greatest events in the history and development of the church occurred on the day of Pentecost, just 10 days after the Ascension of Christ. On that momentous day, the Holy Spirit descended upon the fledgling church with power and glory and 3,000 souls were saved. The verses that follow in chapters 2-4 of Acts give us one of the few glimpses of the Apostolic church in its pristine state-- before external persecution and internal corruption set in. In our text for this lesson, Dr. Luke describes four attributes of this body of believers, as they set about to worship Christ and advance the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. In this message we will analyze the first of these attributes-- their devotion to the teaching of the Apostles. After determining exactly what that teaching was, we will step back and consider how we measure up-- as individual Christians, as a particular church, and as the church at large. Ultimately we will view this germinal church as a model to emulate-- as both individually and corporately we strive to "be the Apostolic church"