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Baptism is a commandment of Christ signifying our salvation and a means of God’s assuring true Christians, a church adding a member, and a believer announcing to the world that they’re a Christian.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Acts commentary by Schnabel
We’re called to be devoted to the fellowship, wherein we live life together and are sacrificially generous toward one another.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Acts Commentary by Martyn Lloyd-Jones; Hearing God’s Words by Peter Adams
We are called to devote ourselves to the message and practice of apostolic teaching
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Acts commentary by Martyn Lloyd-Jones; Spiritual Disciplines Within The Church by Donald Whitney
The Spirit-filled church is devoted to the means of grace because she is devoted to Jesus.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Acts commentaries by Lloyd-Jones, Kent Hughes, and Will Willemon; ‘The Devoted Themselves’, TGC article by Ray Ortlund; ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The cross is the only boast of the crucified people of God.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Philip Graham Ryken and Timothy George
A spiritual church is practically generous, persevering in such because of God’s promise.
A spiritual church is sustained through practicing discipline with humility and gentleness.
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A crucified life is a life of freedom bearing the fruit of the Spirit. Last week was about characterizing the fruit. This week is about cultivating the fruit.
A crucified life is a life of freedom bearing the fruit of the Spirit.
The way of the flesh is an ever present danger, therefore we must follow the way of the cross as those who belong to Jesus.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Timothy George, Philip Graham Ryken, Martin Luther, and John Stott; The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer