Faithfulness is ours, Results are the Lord’s Acts 2:42-47 Part II.

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Faithfulness is ours, Results are the Lord’s Acts 2:42-47 Part II

+ Consistency and Intensity (Quality) = Health and Growth

+ “They were continually devoting themselves to..” (consistency and intensity) = Health and Growth

Acts 2:43 (NASB95) 43 Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe;

Matthew 16:4 (NASB95) 4 “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign;

Acts 2:44 (NASB95) 44 And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;

Acts 2:45 (NASB95) 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

Acts 2:46 (NASB95) 46 Day 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,

Health and Growth Acts 2:47 (NASB95) 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

“Men in the church are looking for more machinery and God is looking for a man”. -E.M.Bounds