The Church of Praise
Contents Bible Text: Acts 2:47 Title: The Church of the Praise
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3.
2 Let us always give thanks to God for all of you;
speaking of you in prayer 3 for your work of faith and labor of love and our Lord Jesus Christ
We do not cease to remember the patience of hope in the presence of our Heavenly Father. Today's text is the first church in Christian history.
This is one of the records about the Jerusalem church.
The believers of the Jerusalem church said, “Praise God and pray to all the people.
Blessed is the Lord, whoever is saved
day by day,” he said.
This brief testimony deserves our long scrutiny.
In particular, two facts should be noted.
First, the believers in the Jerusalem Church not only praise God, but also
It is a fact that he was praised by all the people.
Second, to such a church in Jerusalem, God sends those who will be saved.
It is the fact that He answered with the grace of increasing day by day.
Here we see not only the old Jerusalem church, but also
The principles of church growth that still apply to the church today.
can be found.
The first principle is that church growth is not something that people do.
I am not saying that we have increased the number of believers. he obviously
“The Lord has added to each day those who are being saved,” he wrote.
Church growth is God's work.
The second principle of church growth discovered through today's text is
Believers should be praised by the world.
God did not just increase the number of believers in the Jerusalem Church.
When they are praised by all the people, God blesses the church.
It's what made you grow.