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What can you give to God to show Him gratitude?
How do you say thankyou to Jesus Christ?
Let’s look at how the first Christians expressed their gratefulness for God’s grace.
On the day of Pentecost we read that after Peter’s speaking to the crowd about 3,000 people were added to the church.
We know that they were from many different countries.
They also probably came from different social backgrounds.
How did these assorted people come to be united into a community?
It was more than just making a commitment to Christ.
There’s a difference between being committed and being devoted.
When I signed the papers for the mortgage on our house I was committed – to paying a certain amount to the bank each month.
I knew that I needed to do it, but that doesn’t mean I was happy about it.
Being devoted, however, involves the heart as well as the head.
What they did
The early Christians devoted themselves to the apostle’s teaching
What they had learned from the Lord Jesus himself, They wanted to know Him better so they could understand
The early Christians devoted themselves to the fellowship
The early Christian fellowship undoubtedly centered on intimate worship, sharing and learning the Scriptures.
We later learn that this took place in the area of the Temple know as Solomon’s Portico.
It was public.
Several preachers have told of a deaf member of a church and a rather typical-minded American churchman who asked, “Why do you come to church each Sunday when you cannot hear the service?”
The humble man replied, “I come each week to let people know which side I am on.”
The early Christians devoted themselves to the breaking of bread
sharing a meal together, in their homes
The early Christians devoted themselves to prayer
The early Christians devoted themselves to having everything in common
The early Christians acknowledge that Jesus owns both them and their property
The early Christians devoted themselves to giving to anyone as needed
How they did it
These were not things they did out of obligation, they weren’t guilted into acting this way, it wasn’t just something that was habit, and they weren’t trying to earn points with God.
These were the actions of people devoted to God, seeking to show their gratitude for what Jesus had done for them and desiring to grow as His disciples.
They wanted to be together, to share their lives as well as their possessions.
They realized that the best way to show devotion to God was to devote yourself to the community of God’s people.
We show love for Jesus by loving one another, the Body of Christ.
With power
Apostles do many wonders and miraculous signs.
Their devotion made them open to God working through them.
With glad and sincere hearts –
They experienced the joy of the Lord
With praising God
They expressed that joy outwardly in praise
The result
The Lord added to their number daily – God causes the church to grow, not our programs or efforts.
He may use these, but it is His Spirit working through them.
The basis of this community was faith in Jesus Christ and devotion to Him as Savior and Lord.
The apostles had learned these practices from Jesus, now they were passing them on to the new disciples.
It was formed through the working of the Holy Spirit.
It enabled them to not only survive persecution but continue growing.
A man asked his young son to break a bundle of sticks.
He returned a little later to find the lad frustrated in the task.
He had raised the bundle high and smashed it on his knee, but he only bruised his knee.
He had set the bundle against a wall and stomped hard with his foot, but the bundle barely bent.
The father took the bundle from the child and untied it.
Then he began to break the sticks easily—one at a time.
So it is with the church: united we are strong, divided we can fail or be broken.
Do we have the same depth of devotion as those first believers?
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