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42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.

AWE: to be gloriously overwhelmed at the goodness, greatness, and mercy of the triune God ultimately expressed in the cross of Christ.

This awe is nourished or fed by being devoted to the APOSTOLIC DOCTRINE, fellowship, worship, and prayer.

“To be happy, without superintendence, belongs to God only.” Augustine, Confessions, Book 4

“If God sits astride it [the horse metaphorically represented in the life of an individual], then as a moderate and skilled rider he guides it properly, spurs it if it is too slow, checks it if it is too swift, restrains it if it is too rough or too wild, subdues it if it balks and leads it in the right path. But if the devil saddles it, he violently drives it from the trail like a foolish and wanton rider, forces it into ditches, tumbles it over cliffs and goads it into obstinacy and fierceness.” John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2-4-11

Devotion to the apostolic teaching/scripture:

1. Produces a life of love.“The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” 1 Timothy 1:5

2. Allows the believer to fight the good fight of the faith.“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.” 1 Timothy 1:18

3. To be nourished in the scripture leads to good teaching (beautiful, handsome, useful, advantageous, beneficial)…

“6 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.” 1 Timothy 4:6

…and sound theology. “3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness.” 1 Timothy 6:3

“13 Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 1:13

“9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.” Titus 1:9

Speaker: Buster BrownToday’s Message: Devoted to the Apostolic Teaching – Part II Today's Text: Acts 2:42-43

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“1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.” Titus 2:1-2

4. Produces a life of joy, peace, and usefulness which leads to human flourishing.

“4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. 5 And he shall be their peace.” Micah 5:4-5a

“10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. 11 Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.” Psalm 86:10-11

Application:We are to exercise a brotherly watch care over one another as we walk together under the lordship of Christ. (Galatians 6:1-2, Hebrews 3:12-13)

“15 If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”Matthew 18:15-18

1 Corinthians 5 is especially helpful for discerning the purposes of church discipline. We can observe at least five:

1. Church discipline aims to EXPOSE. Sin, like cancer, loves to hide. [Loving] discipline exposes the cancer so it might be cut out quickly. (1 Corinthians 5:2)

2. Discipline aims to WARN. Discipline is a compassionate warning.

3. Discipline aims to SAVE. Churches pursue discipline when they see a member taking the path toward death, and none of their pleading/arm-waving causes the person to turn around. It is the device of last resort for bringing an individual to repentance. (v. 5)

4. Discipline aims to PROTECT. Just as cancer spreads from one cell to another, so sin quickly spreads from one person to another. (v. 6)

5. Discipline aims to PRESENT A GOOD WITNESS for Jesus.

Jonathan Leeman, Church Discipline, p. 33

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SEP 11 B216 9:30a Deuteronomy is about God reaffirming His covenantal love for His people so that they will enter Canaan full of Him with no room for idols.  And yet it is about something much deeper, namely the need for God’s people to be radically remade under a new covenant through one greater than Moses, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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