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1 Building a Contagious Church copyright Sam Long Faulkner University

2 Restoration Restored worship, salvation, and organization Not fully restored New Testament Mathematics

3 New Testament Mathematics The early church was contagious 3,000 on the day of Pentecost – Acts 2 Increased to 5,000 – Acts 4:4 By Acts 5:14 the text says believers were the more added They literally turned the world upside down

4 Contagious “Communicable by contact; catching – spreading from one to another” We call it evangelism – but it is contagious spreading from one to another Who spread the message that changed the world? – Acts 8:1-4 Where were the apostles?

5 To Build a Contagious Church: We Must Connect People with Jesus and His Word –A–A–A–Acts 4 (Peter before the Sanhedrin) Concerning the lame man of Acts 3 Peter preached that the man was healed because of Jesus Key is Acts 4:13 Bold, Unlearned, Ignorant – yet they had been with Jesus

6 We Must Connect People with Jesus and His Word –F–F–F–First symptom of a contagious church is that the membership has been with Jesus Rom 12:1-2 When you are around Jesus long enough it is not hard for people to tell.

7 Paul speaks of the sweet odor of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:15 Do you smell like Christ? What are your observations based on this lesson? How can we “smell better” for God and Christ?


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