If you are behind don\u2019t worry just keep reading.\u00a0\u00a0God does a work in our spirit, heart and mind through the taking in of His Word.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Word is our milk to grow and our steak to sustain us; help yourself to a good size steak of Jesus this morning.\u00a0\u00a0Keep taking it in. It does the Spiritual Body Good.<\/p>\n
Acts Chapter 11, this is the continuation of the Jews, God\u2019s chosen people throughout the Old Testament, becoming the Church, God\u2019s chosen people in the New Testament.\u00a0\u00a0This is a hard transition for these new believers.\u00a0\u00a0As you read through the chapter we are told those that were scattered only shared the gospel with the Jews, see verse 19.\u00a0\u00a0Christianity affects our culture and there should be cultural change when we live out Christianity.\u00a0Your identity is no longer in yourself but in Christ.\u00a0\u00a0This is why the church became their identity and their expression of Christianity.<\/p>\n
Near the end of the chapter the term Christian is used for the first time.\u00a0\u00a0Notice they did not claim Christianity, they were branded a Christian.\u00a0Would the world brand you as a Christian?\u00a0\u00a0Are there actions, behaviors, commitments and language that cause people to know you\u2019re a Christian? Following Christ causes people to see Christ.\u00a0\u00a0The gospel is important to one who has shared in that gospel and found salvation.<\/p>\n
At the very end of the chapter the Christians gave to missions.\u00a0\u00a0They heard of a need with their brothers facing persecution and they gave.\u00a0\u00a0Please considered this one thought… what does it mean to be a Christian?\u00a0\u00a0Christians should have a brotherhood that goes beyond family and culture.\u00a0Christians should have a unity under the authority of God\u2019s Word.\u00a0\u00a0Christians should be willing to forsake the world to bring glory to God within the brotherhood.\u00a0\u00a0The brotherhood, united, then can change the world and lead many to Christ.\u00a0\u00a0For we are not a brotherhood caused by our power, our wealth, our position but by God\u2019s GRACE.\u00a0\u00a0This is why a boy from Detroit, can even coexist with an FFA member.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing in my life and in your life should be more important than being branded a Christian and being part of God\u2019s Church.\u00a0\u00a0Our gang sign is the cross.\u00a0\u00a0Peace out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}