INTRO:A Church on its Honeymoon!

ANALYSIS/APPLICATION: 5 Characteristics of a Healthy Vibrant Church
God we Worship. (Magnification- Worship)
Love your Neighbor (Ministry)
Obey the Word (Maturity-Discipleship)
Reach the Lost. (Mission-Evangelism)
You are Important. (Membership-Fellowship)

1. Sound Doctrine. Obey the Word (Maturity-Discipleship)
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [c]instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Tim 2:6-17

2. Fellowship: You are Important. (Membership-Fellowship)
in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Vs 42-43
(Koinonia)- a unity brought out by the Holy Spirit that cements the

3. Sharing of Resources. Love your Neighbor (Ministry)
Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.
Vs 44-45
Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.8 So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.9 Unless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah…..“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.Cease to do evil,17 Learn to do good;Seek justice, Rebuke [a]the oppressor;Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. 18 “Come now, and let us reason together,”Says the Lord,“Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson,They shall be as wool.19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;20 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 1:7-9,16-20

4. Corporate and private Worship and Prayer. God we Worship. (Magnification- Worship)
“My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations” Mark 11:17.
So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God. Vs 46-47


5. Evangelistic Fervor Reach the Lost (Mission-Evangelism)
and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. Vs 47
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house, Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.