2. B EING A S PIRIT -F ILLED C HURCH

3. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 THEY WERE A LEARNING CHURCH. ACTS 2:42 T HEY WERE CONTINUALLY DEVOTING THEMSELVES TO THE APOSTLES ’ TEACHING AND TO FELLOWSHIP, TO THE BREAKING OF BREAD AND TO PRAYER.

4. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 MARKS OF A SPIRIT-FILLED GROWING CHURCH... WE ARE A STUDYING... TRUTH - SEEKING … CHURCH... WE ARE FAITHFUL TO APOSTOLIC DOCTRINE... WE TAKE SERIOUSLY THE AUTHORITY OF N. T. SCRIPTURE... WE ARE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO IT DAILY. A ZEALOUS GROWING CHURCH IS ONE WHERE... ITS MINISTERS EXPOUND THE BIBLE FROM THE PULPIT. ITS PARENTS TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE SCRIPTURES. ITS MEMBERS READ AND REFLECT UPON THE WORD OF TRUTH EVERY DAY. ITS MEMBERS DESIRE THE SINCERE MILK OF THE WORD THAT THEY MAY GROW THEREBY.

5. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 THEY WERE LOVING, CARING & SUPPORTIVE. ACTS 2:42 T HEY WERE CONTINUALLY DEVOTING THEMSELVES TO THE APOSTLES ’ TEACHING AND TO FELLOWSHIP, TO THE BREAKING OF BREAD AND TO PRAYER.KOINONIA WHAT WE SHARE TOGETHER WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TOGETHER WHAT WE PARTICIPATE IN TOGETHER

6. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 KOINONIA WHAT WE SHARE OUTWARDLY ( NOT JUST WHAT WE RECEIVE, BUT WHAT WE GIVE !) ACTS 2:44 ALL THOSE WHO HAD BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER AND HAD ALL THINGS IN COMMON ; AND THEY BEGAN SELLING THEIR PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS AND WERE SHARING THEM WITH ALL, AS ANYONE MIGHT HAVE NEED. LUKE 12:15 THEN HE SAID TO THEM, “ BEWARE, AND BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST EVERY FORM OF GREED ; FOR NOT EVEN WHEN ONE HAS AN ABUNDANCE DOES HIS LIFE CONSIST OF HIS POSSESSIONS.”

7. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 THEY WERE LOVING, CARING & SUPPORTIVE. GROWING CHURCHES HAVE A TENDER CONSCIENCE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS!

8. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 THEY WERE A WORSHIPING CHURCH. ACTS 2:42 T HEY WERE CONTINUALLY DEVOTING THEMSELVES TO THE APOSTLES ’ TEACHING AND TO FELLOWSHIP, TO THE BREAKING OF BREAD AND TO PRAYER. HEBREWS 10:25 NOT FORSAKING OUR OWN ASSEMBLING TOGETHER, AS IS THE HABIT OF SOME, BUT ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER ; AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY DRAWING NEAR. BEING A SPIRIT-FILLED CHURCH IS ENGAGING EVERY OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CHURCH!

9. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 THEY WERE JOYOUS IN THEIR FELLOWSHIP. ACTS 2:46 D AY BY DAY CONTINUING WITH ONE MIND IN THE TEMPLE, AND BREAKING BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, THEY WERE TAKING THEIR MEALS TOGETHER WITH GLADNESS AND SINCERITY OF HEART, FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT L OVE … J OY … P EACE … P ATIENCE … K INDNESS … G OODNESS … F AITHFULNESS JOHN 4:24 GOD IS SPIRIT, AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP H IM MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH.

10. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 THEY WERE EAGERLY EVANGELISTIC. ACTS 8:1 & 4 S AUL WAS IN HEARTY AGREEMENT WITH PUTTING HIM TO DEATH. AND ON THAT DAY A GREAT PERSECUTION BEGAN AGAINST THE CHURCH IN J ERUSALEM, AND THEY WERE ALL SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE REGIONS OF J UDEA AND S AMARIA, EXCEPT THE APOSTLES. 4 T HEREFORE, THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SCATTERED WENT ABOUT PREACHING THE WORD.

11. THE MARKS OF A GROWING CHURCH FAMILY The Jerusalem Church - Acts 2:36-47 ACTS 2:46-47 D AY BY DAY CONTINUING WITH ONE MIND IN THE TEMPLE, AND BREAKING BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, THEY WERE TAKING THEIR MEALS TOGETHER WITH GLADNESS AND SINCERITY OF HEART, PRAISING G OD AND HAVING FAVOR WITH ALL THE PEOPLE. AND THE L ORD WAS ADDING TO THEIR NUMBER DAY BY DAY THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED.