Post on 03-Jan-2016
Life in the ChurchActs 2:37-47
How to Join the Church
The Gospel:
Jesus l ived
Jesus died
Jesus rose
Jesus rules
How to Join the Church
1. Believe the facts about Jesus
2. Repent
Repent
Rule #1: Define your words careful ly
Repent
= “to turn”f rom something bad
to something good
to escape God’s punishment
Repent
= “to turn”Matthew 3 – Jews: return to Law
Acts 17 – unbel ievers: turn from idols to God
Revelat ion 3 – bel ievers: turn from pride to dependence
Repent
“What the gospel demands is a radical turn from sin to Christ”
Repent
“Christian conversion thus is a turning from an evil lifestyle unto the Lord in total submission and obedience.”
Repent
In Acts 2:
turn from rejecting Jesus
to accepting Jesus as Savior
How to Join the Church
1. Believe the facts about Jesus
2. Repent
3. Be Baptized
Be Baptized
Is bapt ism required for salvat ion?
Rule #2: Don’t force a passage to answer quest ions i t wasn’t meant to answer
Be Baptized
They didn’t think of salvat ion and baptism as separate steps
There were NO unbaptized bel ievers
Be Baptized
Baptism isn’t required for salvat ion…
but why would you go without i t?
How to Join the Church
1. Believe the facts about Jesus
2. Repent
3. Be Baptized
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