From the Pastor

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"All who believed in Jesus the Christ were together and had all things in common, they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the good will of all people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those that were being saved."
(Acts 2: 44-47)

 

The passage above describes the early Church, in fact the Church in its infancy.  They had received the blessing of the Holy Spirit, knew Jesus had called them together, and had begun to live out this life.  I intentionally highlighted some of the words in the Acts passage that speak powerfully of the fellowship they had together.

I read these words from Acts 2 and I think about the promises we make when we have a baptism, receive new members, set apart members to serve as elders or deacons, or even when we join together in prayers and proclaiming our faith in worship.  We might even read these words and wonder how some churches have forgotten what a blessing it is to be joined together.

My experience has been that maybe it isn't so much that we have completely forgotten, it is just that we need to be reminded of what a blessing it is to serve our God together.  More often than not, we rediscover what it is to be the Church together when we face difficulty.  When a family experiences a death, there is serious illness, or we know there is someone in need and we need to lend a hand, we remember what it is to be a Church family.

But the truth of the matter is we could choose to do this in every area of our lives.  It shouldn't take an "emergency" or "special need" to compel us to live together as the Church.  Please join me in praying for our church family as we live out the same call, as Christ continues to lead the Church into fellowship.

In the Savior's name,

Randy