Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2:46-47
This scripture reminds me of John 13:35, "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." What was happening after Pentecost was that the people were loving each other the way God commanded. It didn't say that they were out preaching & digging deep into theology or anything like that. They fellowshipped together by breaking bread and praising God! I'm sure this is more intimate than our common fellowship we enjoy today but what was happening was that their love of Christ & each other was being observed by others and they were being saved too. We can put too much emphasis on task-related ministry but what really needs to happen over all else is to build relationships that are brilliant as Jesus intended.
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