March 12, 2023 8:30am Foundations of the Church
Part of Digital Bulletin - 2023—2023
March 11, 2023

Welcome to Worship

March 12, 2023
8:30am

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. —(Matthew 16:18)

Welcome to Worship: Rev. Bill Archer

Worship Song: Glorious Day

Prayer: Rev. Kevin Freeman

Redland Happenings and Welcome: Rev. Kevin Freeman

Worship Song: God is Able

RBC Easter Offering for North American Missions: A Front Row Seat
Virgil and Kelsey Brown, Portland OR

Ministry and Mission Moment: Doug Ringler

Musical Meditation: Come Thirsty
Cathy Stracener and Don Dunnevant

Scripture: Acts 1:1-8

Sermon Series: Walk Thru the Bible – God’s Grand Story
Sermon Title: Foundations of the Church
Rev. Mark Adams

Sermon Notes:

1 - The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach,

2 - until the day when He was taken up to Heaven, after He had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.

3 - To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God.

4 - Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

5 - for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6 - So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

7 - But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority;

8 - but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.” —Acts 1:1-8

“I have come to seek and save the lost” —Luke 19:10

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes [home] to the Father except through Me.” —John 14:6

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” —Acts 1:8

How do many people see the church today?

1.) A .

“We tend to think of church as a kind of theater: we sit in the audience, attentively watching the actor onstage who draws every eye to himself. If sufficiently entertained, we show our gratitude with applause and cheers.” —Soren Kierkegaard

“To worship is to remember Who owns the house.” —Walter Wink

“They DEVOTED themselves to the apostles’ teaching.” —Acts 2:42

“When the people heard the sermon they were cut to the heart and said, ‘What do we do?’ ‘What do we do?’ —Acts 2:37

“Our churches these days are filled with a soft breed of Christian that must be fed a constant diet of harmless fun to keep them interested.” —A.W. Tozer

2.) A .

“The Christians in the first church didn’t act like customers in a store but rather like members of a family.” —Kyle Idleman

“All the believers were together and had everything in common.” —Acts 2:44

“We are not customers shopping for what we want; we are brothers and sisters sharing life together.” —Kyle Idleman

“There are two things you cannot do alone. One is be married and the other is, be a Christian.” —Paul Tournier

3.) A .

“Spiritual growth and spiritual maturity happens much more quickly in the kitchen than it does at the table.” —Kyle Idleman

“(They were) selling their possessions and goods (and) they gave to anyone as he had need.” —Acts 2:45

“Tragedies don’t just have to rock our world, but tragedies can give the church the opportunity to rock someone else’s world with extraordinary kindness and the love of Jesus.” —Paul Curtis

4.) A .

“EVERY DAY they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.” —Acts 2:46

“I urge you therefore brethren—fellow church family members—to present your daily lives as living and holy sacrifices acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.” —Romans 12:1

5.) A .

“A church is not a museum for saints. It’s a hospital for sinners.” —Anonymous

“The Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” —Acts 2:47

“What is God like? Where does God live? How can the world get to know God? God’s presence no longer dwells in a tabernacle in the Sinai, or in a temple in Jerusalem. God has chosen instead to dwell in ordinary, even ornery people like you and me. God now reveals Himself in the world not through a pillar of smoke and fire, not even through the physical body of His Son in Galilee, but through the mongrel collection that compromises my local church and every other such gathering in God’s name.” —Philip Yancy

Time of Decision and Commitment: Lord, I Need You

Deacon Elections

Benediction: Rev. Mark Adams