Life in the Church
Acts 2:37-47
How to Join the Church
The Gospel:
Jesus lived
Jesus died
Jesus rose
Jesus rules
How to Join the Church
1. Believe the facts about Jesus
2. Repent
Repent
Rule #1: Define your words carefully
Repent
= “to turn”
from something bad
to something good
to escape God’s punishment
Repent
= “to turn”
Matthew 3 – Jews: return to Law
Acts 17 – unbelievers: turn from
idols to God
Revelation 3 – believers: turn from
pride to dependence
Repent
“What the gospel demands is a radical turn
from sin to Christ”
Repent
“Christian conversion thus is a turning from
an evil lifestyle unto the Lord in total
submission and obedience.”
Repent
In Acts 2:
turn from rejecting Jesus
to accepting Jesus as Savior
How to Join the Church
1. Believe the facts about Jesus
2. Repent
3. Be Baptized
Be Baptized
Is baptism required for salvation?
Rule #2: Don’t force a passage to
answer questions it wasn’t meant to
answer
Be Baptized
They didn’t think of salvation and
baptism as separate steps
There were NO unbaptized believers
Be Baptized
Baptism isn’t required for salvation…
but why would you go without it?
How to Join the Church
1. Believe the facts about Jesus
2. Repent
3. Be Baptized
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