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Models with Options
We’re studying Acts.
His Old House.
It’s an old house!
AD 33.
1,975 years old.
MPCC is part of His construction.
Jesus said He would build His church on the foundation of faith like Peter’s.
No one’s death would stop it.
The concept presented to the disciples, .
Born on Pentecost.
(last week).
Church: ekklesia.
An assembly of people who share a common purpose.
Wherever they gather.
People, not a place.
A movement, not a monument.
Jesus is not an architect building buildings.
He is the Savior, saving collecting people for His kingdom.
The church is born.
What should it look like?
What’s the model?
Should we still be everything exactly the same way they did it in c1?
My childhood.
I in no way intend to offend anyone or be sexist.
I know things have changed.
But, this is my childhood.
As a boy, for a while, I got into model car kits.
White plastic parts attached in sheets and you had to carefully cut the connection then sand the little bump that was left.
Paint the parts before you glued it or else it would just be white plastic.
Decals.
This kit was so typical.
3 in 1.
Could make it stock, like it just came off the showroom floor.
Or, you could customize it.
Or, you could build a racing model, w/ side pipes, air scoop, spoiler.
Pick your model.
But, when you’re done you’d have this car.
Which ever one you wanted to build, pick those parts, paint them, glue them together and it would look just like the picture on the box.
Ya right.
I’d get glue everywhere.
Mix up the 3 options.
I lost patience w/ all of them and ended up putting them back in the box in more pieces than they came out w/.
Ladies, you get this, too.
Just in a different way.
Patterns.
Sewing.
An envelope w/ a pattern that would lead you thru the process and creating beautiful clothes.
You, too, would have options.
One envelope, one pattern, several options.
Mini, or midi?
Sleeves or no?
Tie in the back?
And, several sizes were options w/ the same pattern.
Just cut it out, sew it together, and you’d look just like the model on the cover.
Right?
Model car or dress.
Pick the right kit.
The fundamentals will be the same but some specifics would be unique.
Unique to what you want to create.
Church is the same way.
We have a model presented in .
The fundamentals will be the same today.
But some specifics will be unique to us.
These specifics are based on the culture we are in.
The fundamentals are the same but we have options in how we build them.
In this passage you’ll see the first fundamental is a group of people who are actively more interested in the health and needs of the group more than they are their own.
The second fundamental, or set of fundamentals is what they do.
They study God’s word.
They pray
They serve each other
They do relationship building things together.
This is where we get our primary means of making disciples that help us accomplish our core values.
We study to produce spiritual maturity.
We pray to discover our unique identity
We serve each other with humility
We play with each other to build a community.
You will see all of this in these 6 verses.
This is the model.
We have options.
Our options are based on who we are and where we are planted.
Jesus is building His church with us and thru us.
But, this little church will look a little differently than every other church b/c of who and where we are.
This passage should give you a clearer idea of what role each one of us plays in what God is building here.
The health and needs of the group are a higher priority than the needs of individuals.
How to prioritize and spend your time.
This life in a church.
Community life.
Ekklesia life.
v.42 is what happens internally.
v.43-47 are about what happens outside the church.
So, inside the church.
What are we supposed to do?
4 things.
What Do WE Do?
Acts
Simple, right? 4 basic programs.
In some ways this is very easy to understand.
How we do them is where things get complicated.
The how changes over time and geographically.
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