They Were an Attractive Church (Acts 2:47b)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/20/2017 9:53 PM

My Worship Time                                                             Focus:  They were an Attractive Church

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  Acts 2:47b

            Message of the verses:  “and having favor with all the people”

            “The dynamic corporate life and spiritual character of the church had great impact.  Two features of that impact appear in this verse.”  We will look at the first feature in this SD which is “They were an Attractive Church.

            It was their duties and their character which granted them “favor with all the people.”  These people were still going to the temple to worship at this time and no one at this point was bring persecution on them, that would come later.  I have to say that I spent about six months studying the 17^th chapter of John, which was Jesus Christ’s High Priestly prayer and when you look at the unity that this early church had we can see that this was an answer to His prayer in John 17.  “that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me (John 17:21).”

            In his commentary John MacArthur quotes a man who was a philosopher named Aristides who lived in the second century and he wrote about how the early church found favor with the common people.  I am not at this time going to quote this as it is rather long, but perhaps I will do it on another day as it is late at this time and I have had a very long day.

Answer to yesterday’s Bible question:  “A pillar of salt” (Genesis 19:26).

Today’s Bible question:  “How many people were added to the believers on the day of Pentecost?”

Answer in our next SD.

8/20/2017 10:19 PM