Awake: The Call to a Renewed Life
Awake: Return to Unity
Acts 4:31-37
“Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” - John 13:35
“Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.” - Philippians 2:2
What Unites Us?
(1) SOVEREIGN God
v24, “When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord…”
Shaking - (See Exodus 19 and Isaiah 6)
Ephesians 4:3, “Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.”
(2) Single MISSION
v29, “And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness…”
(3) Special TOGETHERNESS
v24, “When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together…”
(4) Sanctified LEADERSHIP
The primary role is DIRECTION and PROTECTION of the Church.
v35, “…and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.”
v35 (NIV), “and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.”
See 1 Peter 5:1-4
Final Thought: UNITY is the GIFT of God to His church; preserving unity is the GIFT of the CHURCH to a lost and dying world.
Series Information
Everyone sees the need for awakening in our country. It begins with the church. It begins with the believer. As we turn the year into a new calendar, may we also find that a renewed experience awaits us. What will renewal require? What does renewal look like?