Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.
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… happy to share their food with joyful hearts. Three chapters later, and every day in the temple and in people's homes, they continued teaching the people and telling the good news that Jesus is the Christ. And just a quick canvas of the epistles tells us that this practice continued throughout as churches were established. Here's from the tiny book of Philemon. To Philemon, our dear friend and worker with us, and to the church that meets in your home, and to the church that met in the city of Colossae, the epistle Colossians, greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and Memphis and the church that is in his house. Long before there were sanctuaries and baptistries and clergy, there were homes, there were houses. The fact of the matter is archaeologists tell us that really the first church buildings didn't happen for about 300 years. It was all home to home and house to house. Now consider the genius of this plan. The first generation of Christians was just this tinderbox of contrasting cultures and backgrounds. …
… brought back before the leaders and they're persecuted, look at what happens in verse 42 of the same chapter. Day after day in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. God help us to connect these two. we are a people who are known for our passion in worship we are known for that it's what has made us in many ways different we're known for our passionate worship in worship however if our worship is not connected with witness, then our worship is empty. It is hollow. Don't miss this. Our worship is empty if it is disconnected from expression in the world. We cannot call what we have done tonight worship if it is disconnected from expression in our lives tomorrow and Tuesday and Wednesday and so on until we gather again together. It's worshiping and witnessing. They put it together. And we've been known, we've prided ourselves in many ways on being known as a church that is passionate about worship, does an excellent job at worship. …
… the deacons. A church is deaconserved. The very word deacon means servant. Now, look, if you will, in Acts chapter 6, and I'm going to actually back up and begin in Acts chapter 5, verse 42, because I believe it ought to be conjoined with chapter 6. As I've told you before, the chapter headings are added only for our convenience, not as a part of divine inspiration. So let's start in chapter 5, Verse 42, and daily in the temple and in every house they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. And that is the formula for a growing church. And in those days when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. That is the serving of commodities and food to the Grecian widows. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them. Now the twelve is talking here about the twelve apostles. Called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. …