Week 10 Fall Quarter

Danny Hernandez

Being Rooted in Community

Acts 2:42-47

Why do we continuously gather? Why do we meet up as Christians during college when we could be doing so many other things? We are called to be devoted to community! God has saved us individually and into a community! God’s presence dwelling IN us is mindblowing! Before the Holy Spirit came into us, the only place God resided was the temple.

The early church faced issues of: Racial tensions, Controversy over Circumcision, Idol Worship, False Teaching, Sexual Immorality, Lawsuits

If it’s possible for these early, messy churches to be in community, it’s possible for us too.


Nature of community
TEACHING of God’s word

• Peter a fisherman spoke in front of the masses
• Authority comes from the content of a speaker’s message
• Jesus is what gives the apostle authority
• The teaching of Jesus saves the church and forms it. The saved want to learn more and more about Jesus
• We go to church and participate in fellowship to learn about Jesus and to help each other follow his teachings
• The gospel is the first thing a community should devote themselves to

FELLOWSHIP

• koinonia means sharing in something
• We share in Christ with our brothers and sisters
• Christ bonds us closer than our blood relations
• We come together in a fellowship because of our shared experience of God’s grace

Breaking of bread

• We gather together to have a meal as a church family to remember what Christ has done as we await his return

PRAYER

• Prayer in community
• we pray to show our dependence on God
• Why do we pray? Do we show our dependence on God?
• if you lack a prayer life, look for the pride in your life
• Do you pray for your church? Your elders? Your brothers and sisters? Your pastors? They too need the gospel every day!

Results of a devoted community
WORSHIP

• We are in AWE of God, a joyful reverent fear
• everyday we should be in awe of God
• God loves us the same way He loves His son 
• How precious is the gospel when we first believed?
• We don't stand in awe of God because we ignore the evidences of grace in our lives
• Take time to look at the evidence of grace not only in our lives but in the lives of those around us

LIVING LIFE IN COMMUNITY

• We live life together! Not just one day a week
• Don't cultivate a community of performance
• Don’t hide your needs just because you're afraid of how others will see you
• Christians are given all things from God, and ought to give freely to one another to those in need

MAKING DISCIPLES

• Christianity had favor with all people
• As these early Christians did church, they attracted many and added numbers every day
• Jesus should be seen in the way we live community

Ultimately Jesus is the center of community