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To Build a Contagious Church:
We Must be ONE!
Unity Under Attack• First “Church Fuss” was over
benevolence• Acts 6:1-7• This had potential to destroy the
church• Look at the response and the result
– Get people together– Get everyone involved in the solution– Resulted in God’s glory– Resulted in growth
Unity Exemplified• At least Twice we see the early
church united– Acts 2:45 – “and they sold their
possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according to as any man had need.”
– Acts 4:32 – “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things in common.”
Unity Exemplified• Did you see it? Did you catch the
answer?– The believers were of one heart– They were of one soul– No THINGS were as important as the
Lord they served.
How to Build a Great Church
• Gen 11:6 – Four Lessons from Babel about Building a Contagious Church– First, the people are ONE – Unity– Second, the people have one language –
TRUTH– Third, the people “begin to do” – Work– Fourth, the people had a purpose -
Dream
How to Build a Great Church
• Note the results God observed – “Nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.”
• What are modern examples?– Fall of Berlin Wall / End of Cold War – Space flight – government and private– International Space Station – Comet destruction– Building a Contagious Church?
To Build a Contagious Church:
1.Connect People with Jesus and His word
2.Have Contagious Leaders
3.We MUST be ONE!