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The Successful Church

The Successful Church Question: what does success look like? Not a formula, not a checklist but a list of expectations.

Historical Detour Sanhedrin: The supreme Jewish Council in Jerusalem Pharisees Sadducees Concerned with traditional Jewish practices Concerned with law of Moses and politics Working class Wealthy Soul goes on after death No afterlife Body will be resurrected No resurrection Supernatural beings exist No supernatural beings God controls everything God not an active presence

God will be placed over everything Vs 29: Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings! The greatest commandment. Success experienced was not the result of people but as a result of God.

People will come to the Lord Vs 14: Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. When the word goes out, the church grows. People from all walks of life find the message appealing and compelling.

Signs and Wonders? Vs 12: The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. There was an unusually high concentration of miracles around the apostles and the early church. The successful church will not rule out the possibility of, or cease praying for (under the right circumstances), signs and wonders.

God’s providence and intervention God has both the physical and spiritual domains at his disposal. God’s providence can come about through ways that we never would have imagined. Gamaliel is placed in a time and place where his free actions are used by God to bring about the desired circumstances.

Worthy of suffering Vs 41: The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. James 1:2, Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds… James 1:12, Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

The Successful Church A successful church isn’t one with a specific image If we want to be a successful group of believers there are certain expectations that we should be aware of.