Bay Life Church Connections

God has created us to live in community with one another. Act 2 gives us a great look at how healthy community directly affects the growth of the Kingdom of God. Verses 42 – 47 allow us a glimpse into the fellowship of believers in a first century church, and we can learn much form this picture.

Verse 42 tells us, “they devoted themselves.” Who is “they”? They are the early believers, believers who put their lives on the line simply by acknowledging that they were Christians. So what does it mean to be devoted? The dictionary definition of the word “devoted” is loving and committed and dedicated. So what were these early believers lovingly committed to? “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” The early believers went to church daily to be encouraged. They heard scriptural teaching, they fellowshipped and received encouragement from other believers, they shared the Lord’s Supper to remember what Christ had done, they shared meals together, and they spent time in prayer.

All of these activities were important, but a significant fact was that they were “devoted” to all these things. We will look another day at the results of this devotion, but today, we need to ask ourselves some questions. What are we devoted to? What are we lovingly committed to? What are our lives dedicated to? Does our dedication and commitment point others to Christ? Does our dedication encourage others along in their faith walk?

We need each other. God designed us that way. Get connected with other believers so that we can walk out our vision to Be One Make One.