The Guide for the Growing Church Acts 2:42-47

I. Introduction

II. Dedication to Doctrine

A. Strong appetite for the scripture

I) II Timothy 4:2-3 “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;”

B. Solid approach to the scriptures

i) They continued in the Scriptures and doctrine

C. Spiritual appropiation of the scriptures

III. Deliberate in Discipleship

A. Shared experience in the gospel

i) The word fellowship here means community

B. Shared excitement in the gospel

i) they prayed together

ii) they praised together

iii) they practiced together

C. Shared expression of the gospel

i) they shared all that they had

IV. Deligent in Deed

A. They were in communion with the Lord

i) breaking of bread refers to the Lords supper

B. They were in communication with the Lord

i) they continued in prayer

C. They were in conformity to the Lord

i) they lived as jesus lived