Being Family Acts 4 Pew Bible p838

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Being FamilyActs 4 (Pew Bible p838)

• Recap
• U-Turn
• Witnessing 101telling our story of repentance
• Repentancechanging citizenship
• Momentum
• Discipleship 101building and keeping momentum
• The Undivided Heart
• Practical Christianity 101
• Spreading the Joy
• The Roman Road

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Being Family

• Acts 4Being Family
• Comes With Oppositionv1-12
• The Jesus factor
• They werent arrested for good deeds
• They were arrested for
• Teaching Jesus resurrection
• Teaching/healing in Jesus name
• Rocking the foundation of the current religion
• They were arrested for bucking the system

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Being Family

• Comes With Oppositionv1-12
• The Jesus factor
• Today Jesus name still
• Invokes opposition
• School systemscience/evolution vs. creation
• Governmentpolitical correctness
• Labour forceJesus name not to be mentioned
• There is salvation in no one else! God has given
  no other name under heaven by which we must be
  saved.

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Being Family

• Comes With Defining Traitsv12-22
• Boldnessv12-13
• Special abilitiesv13
• They had been with Jesusv13
• Purposev19-20
• Praisev2122

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Being Family

• Comes with
• Opposition
• Defining Traits
• Connectedness

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Being Family

• Comes with Connectednessv23-37
• Fellowship of Prayerv23-31
• Returned to family of believers
• Prayed together
• Prayed Scripture together
• Prayed praise and adoration
• Prayed about current events
• Prayed for boldness in persecution
• Prayed for miracles so Jesus would be seen

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Being Family

• After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and
  they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then
  they preached the word of God with boldness.v31

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Being Family

• Notice
• They didnt pray that God would deliver them or
  make it easy.
• Is it possible that we dont see miracles today
  because we are to busy praying for deliverance,
• instead of POWER?

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Being Family

• Comes with Connectednessv23-35
• Fellowship of Prayerv23-31
• Unity of Heart Mindv32- one accord
• Selflessnessv33
• Powerful Teachingv33
• Blessingv33
• Caringv3435

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Being Family

• STUB
• Talk of Family
• Are we ready for opposition?
• Can the opposition see that we have been with
  Jesus?
• Are we connected with each other?
• Are we connected in prayer?
• Will we support and connect to those we vote into
  leadership?

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Being Family

• All the believers were united in heart and mind.
  And they felt that what they owned was not their
  own, so they shared everything they had.