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Acts 2:40-47 I LOVE MY CHURCH! Who Are We? He quickly calculated in his head and said, “5050.”
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I LOVE MY CHURCH!WHO ARE WE?
Acts 2:40-47
Acts 2:40-47
I LOVE MY CHURCH!
Who Are We?The story goes
that a young boy walked into his
class and read the assignment: Add
up all the numbers from 1
to 100
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He quickly calculated in his head and said,
“5050.”
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“That’s amazing!” his teacher
exclaimed. “How did you add them
so quickly?”
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“I didn’t add them,” the boy
responded,“I saw the pattern.”
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The story is based on the
accounts of a true event involving
Carl Gauss
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Apparently, he noticed that the
lowest and highest numbers equaled 101 (1 +
100=101)…
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and that this pattern repeated
itself 50 times (2+99=101),
(3+98=101………(50+51=101)
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Seeing ‘patterns’ allow us to get to
the answer quicker with more
clarity!
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In the early chapters of the Book of Acts we have a pattern for the Church!
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The Needfor a Pattern!
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Quality Control:
Developing Consistency & Improvement!
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Who Are We?A Pattern for the
ChurchActs 2:37-47
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter
and the rest of the apostles, “Men and
brethren, what shall we do?” 38 Then Peter said to
them…
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Who Are We?…“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and
you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all
who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will
call.”
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Who Are We?40 And with many other words he testified and
exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse
generation.” 41 Then those who gladly received his
word were baptized; and that day about three
thousand souls were added to them.
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Who Are We?42 And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and
in prayers. 43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the
apostles.
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Who Are We?44 Now all who believed
were together, and had all things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had
need. 46 So continuing daily with one accord in the
temple…
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Who Are We?…and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness
and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people.
And the Lord added to the church daily those who
were being saved.
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Who Are We?
A Balanced & Beautiful Church
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Calling People to Jesus
through Faith &
Transformation!
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“Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
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Continuing to be Learners of
the Lord!
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“And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship...”
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Constant in Our Worshipof the Holy!
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“...in the breaking of
bread, and in prayers.”
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Capable of Wonder in the Works of God!
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“Then fear came upon every soul,
and many wonders and
signs were done through the apostles.”
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Communal in Our
Understanding of Life!
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“Now all who believed were together, and
had all things in common...”
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Consistent as Unified
Optimists!
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“So continuing daily with one
accord...they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of
heart...”
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What Are (Is) We?Christ in Us, the
Hope of the World!
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What Are (Is) We?Convinced that
We are a Forgiven People
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What Are (Is) We?Empowered by the Gift of the
Holy Spirit!
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An Intimate Experience,
Manifestation and Devotion of
and to God!
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Don’t go to Church!Be the Church!
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