Acts 2
Our Heritage and Legacy!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Saturday, July 4. It’s our nation’s birthday, so enjoy your 4th of July and be safe out there.
The Fourth of July holiday reminds us of our inheritance as a nation! But it is not only our heritage, it is our legacy.
This Acts 2 story is our inheritance as the Church of Jesus Christ! This is not only our heritage, but it, too, is our legacy. The legacy we are called to leave our communities is the legacy of God’s power, presence, and love being in their midst—God is with us! Immanuel!
Listen to our heritage and legacy from the founding documents; from Acts 2:42-47,
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Are you His church? Never forget that the church is more than a building and more than a community organization. If we have learned anything during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that the building is not the church; the people are the church. You can’t close the church because the church are people that show the world that God is with us: His love, His presence, and His power—Immanuel!
It is to be visible…
Seize the moment and be the Church of Jesus Christ.
Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend. God is with you!