AND PRAYER Acts 242 They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship to the breaking of bread and to prayer Acts 242 Koinonia Life together Redressing the balance ID: 568130
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BREAKING OF BREAD AND PRAYER
Acts 2.42Slide2
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2.42
Koinonia
Life togetherSlide3
Redressing the balance….Individual focus
21st
century UKIndividual careers
Mobility in jobs
Learning one by one
Each child valuable
Faith is individual
Together
New Testament
Group identity
Loyalty to group
Family faith central
Look after family first
Faith is a group activitySlide4
Prayer together - bible Acts 4.24: voices raised together Acts 13.2: worshipping and fasting together Acts 16.13: the prayer-place Matthew 6.9 “Our Father….”Slide5
Prayer together - us Personal prayer for each other when appropriate Being answerable to each other in Life Groups Building mutual support in prayer meetingsSlide6
BREAKING BREAD TOGETHERThey broke bread in their homes (v.46)They broke bread whenever they ate (Acts 20.7; 27.35)Sharing a meal was a sacred bond (John 13.18)Their meals were ‘love feasts’ (Jude v12) Slide7
BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER Jesus was present at every meal Together - the Lord’s meal at the Lord’s table A meal together focused them on Jesus, as he said (Luke 22.19) Slide8
THE BODY OF CHRIST20 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.
28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
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For those who eat and drink without discerning
the body of Christ
eat and drink judgment on themselves.
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So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all
eat together
.
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Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.Slide9
Togetherwith
Jesus at a meal
Personal
devotion
in a serviceSlide10
BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER It focuses us on Jesus It expresses our life as Christ’s body It is a sign of our new allegiance Slide11Slide12Slide13
BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER It proclaims Jesus is alive It is a feast of liberationIt is a declaration of revolution.
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BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God.
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BREAKING OF BREAD AND PRAYER
From Acts 2.42 to today
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Not hidden away in meetings and rituals
Being real in 21
st
century context
Building togetherness here, today.