The Apostles' Teaching

Pastor Danny Smith finishes up his midweek series on Home Church, concluding with "The Apostle's Teaching", the fourth foundation for the early church in Acts 2, after "Fellowship", "Communion", and "Prayer".

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But really what I'm not talking about is about a book, about a book with words in it. I'm talking about really the divine truth, our source of truth. And that source of truth can only be found in scripture. And that's not words. It's a person. And that person is Jesus Christ.
And John one, it says, the word became. Flesh. The word of God became manifest when Jesus came onto the scene, and we have to remember that when we're, when we're reading his word, that in second Timothy it said that all scripture is God breathed.
In Hebrews it says that it is alive and active. In Psalms it talks about that the word is a lamp to your feet and a light unto your path. That God's word is more than a book. It's more than a self-help journal. It's the very source of truth in life. And so as we read this, we have to read it with more understanding that we are actually breathing in the breath of God.
We are actually breathing in our source of life, our source of truth in everything that we think, all of our emotions that we have need to be filtered through God's word. All his promises are yes, and amen. And God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And so the words that were written thousands of years ago are never going to become antiquated.
They're never going to go out of date, out of style. They're always going to be relevant, and they're going to be as alive today as they were thousands of years ago. And so I want to encourage you to take time to read his word, align your heart with his heart to align your source of truth. With Jesus Christ because he is the one that brings us hope.
He is the one that protects, he trusts. We trust in him when we develop our understanding of who he is. And we can only do that through scripture. So I want to encourage you up your time that you spend in your word. It might be hard at times, but it will become the most fruitful time that you have. And if you want to become a spiritual giant up your time in prayer and up your time in his, in his word, you will only become more in love with Jesus in your relationship.
In your walk with him will become more fruitful. So that's the fourth of our series, our acts to home church. And our member church is not about a building, it's about people. It's about being in unity and in fellowship. And we would love to do that together. And that's the number one way that we can express that.
But right now we do it through our family. And as we lead our family as priests, we continue to do that outside of this series that you carry the authority in the anointing to lead your family. And and when you do, the church will become alive. So I'm really thankful and excited that you guys have taken the time to understand what churches that you spend time on the word that you spend time in fellowship with one another.
And then when you do that, God is there in the midst that you break bread, that you declare his blood, that you are a member, his death. Which gives us a power and authority over over Satan. And when we pray, when we abide with Jesus, just how we are then going to come alive in our spirit. So w I love you and I'm so thankful that you guys have taken time to download the curriculum and watch the videos.
It's just been a total blessing to me to be able to spend this time with you. I'm in a really unique way.

So if you ever need help or have questions or want to be encouraged, don't ever hesitate to reach out. You can get ahold of me at Danny, at Island church.org. And I'm always happy and willing to be there for you.

All right guys. Love ya. Bye.