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7 Resolutions from the Early Church | Acts 2:42-47 Sermon

Sermon text: Acts 2:42-47

Main idea: The early church was devoted to seven practices that can transform our church and through us our community.

Early churches were devoted to four community practices.
- Apostolic Teaching
- Fellowship
- Communion
- Prayers
These simple practices filled their members with awe for God.
Early Christians were committed to three daily habits.
- Hospitality
- Worship
- Witness
These daily habits led to more being saved.
These practices and habits give us seven resolutions for our church family as a whole and as individuals for the coming year.

Sermon outline:

Main idea: We can have faith because God is with us definitely in Christ.

God promised a sign.
God calls us to reject fear of our circumstances and embrace faith in his promises.
God fulfilled his promise definitively in Christ.
In Christ, God is always with us.

Isaiah 7:10-17

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Isaiah 2:1-5

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Main idea: We can fight false teaching in the church because Jesus gives us the strength to be faithful servants instead of unfaithful sinners.

Our strength for faithful service comes from Jesus (1:12-17).
If God can save the worst of sinners and use them for his glory, then we must address issues in our church knowing he can save anyone (vv.18-20).

1 Timothy 1:12-20

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Main idea: When we believe the gospel of Jesus’s kingdom, it transforms our relationships and behaviors.

The gospel transforms relationships.
1. It remakes our partnerships. (v. 17)
2. It reorders our positions. (v. 18-20)
The gospel transforms behaviors.
1. It renews our responses. (v. 21)
2. It rearranges our plans. (v. 22)
Two examples: (vv. 23-24)
1. A life transformed by the gospel.
2. A life formed by the world.
Grace to live transformed by the gospel (v. 25)

Philemon 1:17-25