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Church Revived:
Reading and meditating upon Acts 2:41-46, I observed on how the author from 40 Days Fast Book 2017 points out six areas to see on how a church being revived.
Reading and meditating upon Acts 2:41-46, I observed on how the author from 40 Days Fast Book 2017 points out six areas to see on how a church being revived.
- A church revived grows in quantity and quality. Luke paints the notion of quality without quantity to have seen on how the Church grew from 120 to 3,120. Indeed, crowd will come to catch the fire if the church is revived because quantity attracts (Acts 2:47).
- A church revived obeys the teachings of Jesus as the norm of discipleship. Revival brings us back to the standard of Jesus especially as it is represented in the Sermon on the Mount (Acts 2:42).
- A church revived is devoted to fellowship. It means sharing life together in close community. They eat together, pray together, and have all things in common (Acts 2:42-43). William Labor points out two views – i) Communism says, “What’s mine is yours; I’ll take it” ii) Koinonia says, ‘What’s’ mine is yours; I’ll share it.” Indeed, the Spirit of God breaks the spirit of greed and replaces with a heart of generosity (Acts 2:45).
- A church revived is devoted to prayer (Acts 2:42). Prayer was formal, intentional, and liturgical. Prayer must include an informed response to God’s written WORD in relations to our world.
- A church revived fears the LORD. The Church in Acts was seeker-sensitive. Fear came on every soul. Outsiders dare not join them. And yet the LORD added to number day of day (Acts 2:43, 5:13 & 2:47).
- A church revived flows in the power of the Spirit (Acts 2:43). Signs and wonders are norm in an environment of unity, prayer, devotion to Jesus, and social holiness. And, Charisma is coupled with character, spiritual power with spiritual discipline that Jesus builds.