Worship in the Worship in the Early ChurchEarly Church

WORSHIP

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

• What do you appreciate more in a preacher´s sermons? Explain your answer: importance, reasons, etc.

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• To what extent the stories of the Acts of the Apostles are a model for the current (modern) churches, instead of simply being, stories from the beginning of the church?

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• How important is preaching as part of worship in the church´s life? Every worship service, should it include a sermon?

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• Expected LearningExpected Learning::Explain how preaching is an Explain how preaching is an

important component of worship important component of worship as a method of evangelism and as a method of evangelism and consider the posibilities of consider the posibilities of preaching as part of your worshippreaching as part of your worship

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• Who were the hearing public of the message of Peter in Jerusalem?

• Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Fellow Jews and all of you who live in JerusalemJews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, Acts 2:14

I. I. AN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGEAN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

• It was a message leading to repentance to the jewish people. As a result, about of three thousand people were baptized. They persevered in the doctrine and kept a life of christian communion

I. I. AN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGEAN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

• Who were the hearing public of the message Who were the hearing public of the message of Paul in Athens?of Paul in Athens?

• ““A group of A group of EpicureanEpicurean and and StoicStoic philosophersphilosophers began to debate with him. Some of them began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.foreign gods.…” Acts 17:18…” Acts 17:18

I. I. AN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGEAN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

• Paul when speaking to the philosophers adapted his message to their way of thinking. He did no gain a big number of converts (Acts 17:34), but a church was founded.

I. I. AN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGEAN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

• What accusation was made to Paul when he preach in Corinth?

• “This man,” they charged, “is This man,” they charged, “is persuadingpersuading the people to the people to worship God worship God in ways in ways contrary to the lawcontrary to the law” Acts 18:13

I. I. AN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGEAN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

• These people were trapped in tradition and on ways of worship. They were clung to the law itself that left to see to whom the law stated.

I. I. AN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGEAN INTEGRAL EVANGELISTIC MESSAGE

• What is the central message of Paul to the Corinthians in 1 Cor 13?

• “And now these three remain: faith, hope And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the and love. But the greatest of these is lovegreatest of these is love” 1 Cor 13:13

II. II. A SERVICE THROUGH GIFTSA SERVICE THROUGH GIFTS

• Paul explained that any miracolous power, any charismatic gift, any piety or zeal, or practiced gift will benefit unless the heart is full of the love of God

II. II. A SERVICE THROUGH GIFTS A SERVICE THROUGH GIFTS

• Why did Jesus give proofs of His resurrection Why did Jesus give proofs of His resurrection to the apostles?to the apostles?

• ““After his suffering, After his suffering, he presented himself to he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alivewas alive. He appeared to them over a period . He appeared to them over a period of forty days and of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of spoke about the kingdom of GodGod” Acts 1:3” Acts 1:3

III. A MESSAGE: RISEN CHRISTIII. A MESSAGE: RISEN CHRIST

• The certainty of the resurrection gave a dynamic power to the message of the apostles. It is the base of the powerful argument of Paul about the certainty of the corporal resurrection in the kingdom of the redeemed

III. III. A MESSAGE: RISEN CHRISTA MESSAGE: RISEN CHRIST

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

• How important is the social context for worship and evangelism?

• What are the risks when being too contextual?

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION• What have we learnt today?• Worship in the primitive church proclaimed

an integral evangelistic message centered in the service for love and eternal life and to the risen Jesus as the center of hope of eternal life. • What can we do now with what we learned?

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION• Write a sermon in which you

will share some of the concepts of worship that impressed in the study of the Bible on this week and share in a church or with a relative. Let´s pray…

Elaborado por:Elaborado por:• Mag. Alfredo Padilla ChávezMag. Alfredo Padilla ChávezUniversidad Peruana Unión – Centro de Producciones UPeUUniversidad Peruana Unión – Centro de Producciones UPeU• Escríbenos para recibir semanalmente este material a: Escríbenos para recibir semanalmente este material a:

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