October 13, 2018 LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE : TOPIC - LIVING APOSTOLIC LIFESTYLE
THE CAC LIVING WATER
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Saturday, October 13, 2018
TOPIC - LIVING APOSTOLIC LIFESTYLE
Read: Acts 4:32-37
MEMORISE: Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common (Acts 4:32).
EXPOSITION
Apostles were formally called so only after Jesus Christ had ascended into Heaven. This became ideal because giving them Apostleship meant they were to be Ambassadors of Jesus Christ who went to sit at God’s right hand. By extension, all Christians become representatives/ambassadors of Christ on earth (2 Cor. 5:17ff). It is therefore phony and funny to see people taking ‘apostleship’ as a spiritual title rather than spiritual function or office!
Ranging from total dedication to the gospel, to spending and being spent for the welfare of others, the apostles, who never saw being ‘apostles’ as special church title, received excellent percentage from God. When we fail to take the gospel and all it represents with all seriousness, we are far from living like the apostles. When we ‘run away’ from preaching and teaching the gospel in its raw form because of the threat of death from the enemies of the cross, within and without, we are ‘unapostolic’! When some church members suffer while others enjoy lavishly and even waste the resources, we are anti-apostolic!
If all our efforts are geared towards building cathedrals in the cities while neglecting and forgetting the loved but lost ones in the suburbs, we need no seer to tell us we are missing it in a big way! The early apostles, being assured of Christ’s constant backing, neither relented nor revenged on their efforts to spread the gospel. Had they failed, how would the gospel have reached us today? You can decide to be back to the Bible and live like the apostles. By so doing, you are fulfilling the mandate of God for your life. Bless you.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Holy Spirit, empower me to fully represent Christ in this decaying world.
2. Lord, restore the Church to the apostolic commitments, rather than being unnecessarily title-conscious.
3. Lord, punitively expose and deal with those tarnishing the image of the Church with those tarnishing the image of the Church with several unchristian beliefs and practices, with the aim of restoring them to your right path.
Click to read yesterday and previous days of CAC Living Water Devotionals Here
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Isaiah 33 - 36
Author: CAC WORLDWIDE
Remain Blessed!
THE CAC LIVING WATER
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Saturday, October 13, 2018
TOPIC - LIVING APOSTOLIC LIFESTYLE
Read: Acts 4:32-37
MEMORISE: Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common (Acts 4:32).
EXPOSITION
Apostles were formally called so only after Jesus Christ had ascended into Heaven. This became ideal because giving them Apostleship meant they were to be Ambassadors of Jesus Christ who went to sit at God’s right hand. By extension, all Christians become representatives/ambassadors of Christ on earth (2 Cor. 5:17ff). It is therefore phony and funny to see people taking ‘apostleship’ as a spiritual title rather than spiritual function or office!
Ranging from total dedication to the gospel, to spending and being spent for the welfare of others, the apostles, who never saw being ‘apostles’ as special church title, received excellent percentage from God. When we fail to take the gospel and all it represents with all seriousness, we are far from living like the apostles. When we ‘run away’ from preaching and teaching the gospel in its raw form because of the threat of death from the enemies of the cross, within and without, we are ‘unapostolic’! When some church members suffer while others enjoy lavishly and even waste the resources, we are anti-apostolic!
If all our efforts are geared towards building cathedrals in the cities while neglecting and forgetting the loved but lost ones in the suburbs, we need no seer to tell us we are missing it in a big way! The early apostles, being assured of Christ’s constant backing, neither relented nor revenged on their efforts to spread the gospel. Had they failed, how would the gospel have reached us today? You can decide to be back to the Bible and live like the apostles. By so doing, you are fulfilling the mandate of God for your life. Bless you.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Holy Spirit, empower me to fully represent Christ in this decaying world.
2. Lord, restore the Church to the apostolic commitments, rather than being unnecessarily title-conscious.
3. Lord, punitively expose and deal with those tarnishing the image of the Church with those tarnishing the image of the Church with several unchristian beliefs and practices, with the aim of restoring them to your right path.
Click to read yesterday and previous days of CAC Living Water Devotionals Here
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Isaiah 33 - 36
Author: CAC WORLDWIDE
Remain Blessed!
October 13, 2018 LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE : TOPIC - LIVING APOSTOLIC LIFESTYLE
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