Sunday Service Sermon 16.26
April 12 10:30 - 11:30 am | Faith Evangelical Free Church
Devoted To The Apostles Teaching
After the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples, now called Apostles, were given the mission to teach what they had learned and proclaim what they had seen. The
sending of the Holy Spirit enabled great change in them and those who heard.
What’s New?
Diving into Acts
Acts 2 – What we know & What we can conclude
- Acts 1 happened first
- The disciples were praying
- The Holy Spirit
- The reaction
- The message
- The why
- The what
- The response
- The effects
What effects does this have on today?
- The Church
- God is at work today!
- Proclamation
- Same Holy Spirit
- Our Response
- What is the result we’re hoping for?
A call for a response
The Apostles’ Teaching| Brad Christian 4/12/26
Two Questions
What are you devoted to and why? What is the “new” you’re pursuing and How?
Memorize this-
Acts 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
“These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer.” Acts 2:42, “[The early church] were continually devoting themselves to … prayer.” Acts 6:4, the apostles said they would devote themselves “to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Romans 12:12,
“Rejoice in hope, persevere in tribulation, be devoted to prayer.” Ephesians 6:18, “Pray at all times in the Spirit … with all perseverance.”
What does this mean? You pray often and you pray regularly. Prayer is not infrequent and prayer is not hit and miss. Being “devoted to” prayer means that you are not haphazard and you are not forgetful. It means you take steps to see that it is part of your regular life, the same way eating and sleeping are.
I say, “You take steps,” because I think that is implied in the next words in Colossians 4:2, “Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it.” Keeping alert means that you work against distractions and hindrances. You do what you have to do to stay awake and to stay at the task.
Piper, J. (2014). Sermons from John Piper (2000–2014). Desiring God.