We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: Acts 2:42-47.

We are living in a time of cultural division and tribalism. Our national life is splintered. But in the book of Acts, we receive a beautiful, hopeful vision for redeemed, Spirit–filled humanity – THE CHURCH. Though the early church was not perfect, Luke's description paints a picture of what can happen when the gospel of Jesus Christ takes hold of a person and a community in the power of the Holy Spirit. Specifically we see that the early church was devoted to four things:

Christ is active in his church...

Don’t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: Acts 2.1-24, 37-41

Don’t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: Acts 1:1-11; Luke 1:1-4

A life that has encountered Jesus is about:

Human beings get tired, rundown - physically, emotionally, spiritually.  Even Jesus, though fully God, was also fully human, and he got tired.  How do we renew our strength? Is there a source of renewable energy for weary Christians? There is! Paul reveals it in his prayer from Eph 3:14-21.

We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: Luke 24.45-49; 2 Timothy 3.1-5

Don't just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: Luke 5:27-32.

The entire human race is infected with the deadly virus of sin.  Apart from God, it is a sickness-unto-death.  Jesus is the Great Physician who heals us. But how?