The Daily Word

 

Acts 2 v 42 is a crucial verse concerning the spiritual success of a church. Following the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, God had blessed His word and thousands of new believers in the Lord Jesus Christ had been ‘created’. These were mostly Jews and immediately they confessed their faith in Jesus, they were excommunicated from the synagogues and even from their own families. They had been saved from sin but could then have been in a total wilderness as far as spiritual growth is concerned. But quickly, it was realised by the Apostles that a way forward spiritually had to be organised in a practical way to build the church and set the new disciples on a spiritual growth road.

The verse sets forward 4 pillars for spiritual growth which are as valid today as they were then, “And they (new believers) devoted themselves to the Apostles’ doctrine, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer”. Leave out any one or more of those 4 pillars, and the structure becomes unstable and spiritual growth is reduced or even ceases to exist.

It is not in my brief to discuss each of these in detail, BUT the reason I raise it is that at 10am today there is a meeting in the church, during which ALL those pillars can be strengthened and individual, and corporate, spiritual growth can be attained. This is the only meeting in the week, during which all those 4 pillars supporting individual and church spiritual growth will be present. Which is why it is so important for every believer associated with our local church to be present, illness and other limited legitimate or unforeseen events possibly causing absence to be considered

Article written by Brian Preston, Elder @SFGH Church