Acts Lesson 3/Day 2

Acts Lesson 3/Day 2

Acts 2:40-47

I don’t know about you, but as I read this passage I get a longing in my heart. I can’t help thinking, “I want that. I want what they had...devotion to teaching, fellowshipping with other believers. With the wonders and signs going on you might think that their devotion would have been to seeing more of that, and probably some were there for the miracles. But, what I found most compelling in the description of this brand new church was their devotion to teaching. They had no “Bible” – no collection of writings like the New Testament like you and I do. In fact, the teaching they were devoted to wasn’t even Paul’s – he hadn’t been converted yet. They were getting their teaching from the apostles who had walked with Jesus and seen the resurrection first-hand – from Peter, James, John and the other nine apostles at this point. These fresh followers of Christ who didn’t even have a group name yet (they’re not called “Christian” until Acts 11) are getting fed and then turning around and feeding – literally and spiritually – others. That’s what I want. I want it in my life – a thirst for teaching, and I want it in your life. I want a church that thirsts for the essential truths about God. I want a church and I want to be that church who catches the passion from the example – the witness – of these first new believers! I wasn’t there in Jerusalem, but I am so thankful that their message went from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria and beyond! Thank God, really and truly – Thank God for the great, good news of the Gospel!

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