Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Acts 2:42-47

I love this passage because it is truly one of my favorite things to do in life.

The fellowship of the believers.

The Church.

Meeting together on a daily basis in one form or another and worshipping, fellowshipping, eating or praying.

I am so loving this sermon series on Ekklessia...the Church.

Of not just "doing church" or "going to church" but being the church.

I can tell you that after Jesus captured my heart, delving my whole heart, mind and soul into my church has drastically changed my life.

God wants all of us...not just part of us.

You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely? James 4:4-5

Envies intensely...the Holy Spirit will fight for us.

I love seeing how God wants it done...it doesn't mean that it is always easy.

That is why there is a fight.

It is not easy dying to oneself and carrying ones own cross (Luke 14:27)

But Jesus says it is necessary...a reasonable act as we learned in Romans 12...I love that.

Jesus also says that we are "one body, many parts" 1 Corinthians 12

We need each other.

I am reading Joshua Harris book Stop Dating the Church...love it.

He talks about the people who believe they can be Christians and never go to church.

I have heard this argument many times. They don't believe you have to fellowship or be connected with other believers.

That is disobedience.

He compares them to "good for nothing" bricks.

I love this...he says what is a brick made for? To help build a house. It is of no use for that brick to tell you that it is just as good a brick while it is kicking about on the ground as it would be in the house. It is a good-for-nothing brick.

So you rolling-stone Christians, I do not believe that you are answering your purpose. You are living contrary to the life which Christ would have you live, and you are much to blame for the injury you do.

I don't ever want to be a good-for-nothing brick.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. Ephesians 2:19-21