Pastor Lee Meng Cham
Acts 2:41-47
All of us yearn for genuine community. What are we looking at when we say authentic living in church?
(1) A Sure Hope (v41, v47)
- added to their number because the early church resonated with the hope.
- all of us have fallen from glory
- we possess a sure hope because our falling from glory is the greatest fear when joining a community is discovery and rejection
Galatians 3:27-29
- we all come to Christ as broken people
- there's no room for eagled eyeset at the cross
- where does this hope comes from? it comes from a shared faith!
(2) A Sacrificial Love (v44, v45)
- whatever I have are yours
1st : the hurdle of biblical or cultural Christianity?
2nd : the hurdle of sacrificial or superficial engagement? Serving the invisible and prominent
2 Corinthians 8:9
John 13:34-35
Cultural Christian vs Biblical Christian
- Be the best for one's sake vs Be the best for other's sake
- Personal fulfilment vs Pleasing God
- Worship the God we prefer vs Worship the God who is
- 'This world' oriented vs 'Kingdom of God' oriented
- We are the ends vs We are the means
- 'Jesus belongs to me!' vs 'I belong to Jesus!'
- Christ exists for man's sake vs Man exists for Christ's sake
- Keep the church for the lovable vs Build a church for the unloved
- Serve the prominent vs Serve the Invisible
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