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What attitudes and activities produce healthy body life and believers who do what Jesus wants, according to Acts 2 and 4? In these verses we see numerous spiritual activities. That could be grouped under the headings of worship, commitment to the apostles’ doctrine, and fellowship with fellow believers.
Worship: Worship from the heart is the foundation of all worthwhile spiritual activity and obedience. Without worship and heart fellowship with Christ, religious activity is dead and legalistic. In these two accounts there are numerous spiritual activities that are either worship activities or activities produced by worship.
A central message in these two sermons is that the Jesus you killed is the Messiah, and the only appropriate response to this truth is to repent and be baptized for the remission of your sins. These are the people who are qualified to worship.
Commitment to the apostles’ doctrine: The content of the two sermons in Acts 3 and 4 was their interpretation and application of OT Scripture to their present events. The early believers were awestruck by the reality that the Jesus they so dearly loved had been killed but now was alive. It was as if they were being carried along, energized, consumed by the conviction that the dead Jesus was risen from the dead. They were profoundly impacted by the resurrection event.
Throughout the history of the Christian church, the foundation of all worship, revival, and spiritual transformation has been Scripture. The apostles were the first NT church’s teachers. The NT spiritual leaders had three primary tasks: provide humble service and leadership, preach the Word, and shepherd the sheep.
Fellowship with fellow believers: They broke bread from house to house, shared their resources with those in need, and were of one heart and one soul.
Who a person believes he or she is (a person’s identity, whether valuable or scum of the earth), the kind of character a person develops (whether upright or evil), and even what a person believes is true (whether truth according to Scripture or lies of the devil) are determined more by who a person is attached to and belongs to, or is reacting to, than by facts and truth a person is told to believe.