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Life in the Church Acts 2:37-47
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How to Join the Church The Gospel: Jesus lived Jesus died Jesus rose Jesus rules
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How to Join the Church 1.Believe the facts about Jesus 2.Repent
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Repent Rule #1: Define your words carefully
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Repent = “to turn” from something bad to something good to escape God’s punishment
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Repent = “to turn” Matthew 3 – Jews: return to Law Acts 17 – unbelievers: turn from idols to God Revelation 3 – believers:turn from pride to dependence
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Repent “What the gospel demands is a radical turn from sin to Christ”
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Repent “Christian conversion thus is a turning from an evil lifestyle unto the Lord in total submission and obedience.”
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Repent In Acts 2: turn from rejecting Jesus to accepting Jesus as Savior
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How to Join the Church 1.Believe the facts about Jesus 2.Repent 3.Be Baptized
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Be Baptized Is baptism required for salvation? Rule #2: Don’t force a passage to answer questions it wasn’t meant to answer
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Be Baptized They didn’t think of salvation and baptism as separate steps There were NO unbaptized believers
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Be Baptized Baptism isn’t required for salvation… but why would you go without it?
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How to Join the Church 1.Believe the facts about Jesus 2.Repent 3.Be Baptized
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What we do… Learn together Pray together Worship together Share together
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If you are interested in giving financially towards the Syrian refugee crisis, please email globaloutreach@grace-bible.org
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What we do… Learn together Pray together Worship together Share together Witness together
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