{"id":1632,"date":"2024-02-11T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:29:52","slug":"sermon20240211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20240211\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Purposes of the Church: \u00a0(3) Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sermonNotes2024\">\n<p>2024 Church Theme: Ready, Set, Grow: Journeying Together to Build Up the Church<br \/>\nScripture: Acts 2:37-47 (ESV)<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Rev. Paul Lee<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-container\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/mp3\/English\/2024_0211_E.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><\/audio><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Acts 2:37-47 (ESV) <\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-26975\" class=\"text Acts-2-37\"><sup class=\"versenum\">37\u00a0<\/sup>Now when\u00a0they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, \u201cBrothers,\u00a0what shall we do?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26976\" class=\"text Acts-2-38\"><sup class=\"versenum\">38\u00a0<\/sup>And Peter said to them,\u00a0\u201cRepent and\u00a0be baptized every one of you\u00a0in the name of Jesus Christ\u00a0for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive\u00a0the gift of the Holy Spirit.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26977\" class=\"text Acts-2-39\"><sup class=\"versenum\">39\u00a0<\/sup>For\u00a0the promise is for you and\u00a0for your children and for all\u00a0who are far off, everyone\u00a0whom the Lord our God calls to himself.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26978\" class=\"text Acts-2-40\"><sup class=\"versenum\">40\u00a0<\/sup>And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying,\u00a0\u201cSave yourselves from this\u00a0crooked generation.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26979\" class=\"text Acts-2-41\"><sup class=\"versenum\">41\u00a0<\/sup>So those who received his word were baptized, and\u00a0there were added that day about three thousand souls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Acts-2-42\"><sup class=\"versenum\">42\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0they devoted themselves to the apostles&#8217;\u00a0teaching and the\u00a0fellowship, to\u00a0the breaking of bread and the prayers.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26981\" class=\"text Acts-2-43\"><sup class=\"versenum\">43\u00a0<\/sup>And awe\u00a0came upon every soul, and\u00a0many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26982\" class=\"text Acts-2-44\"><sup class=\"versenum\">44\u00a0<\/sup>And all who believed were together and\u00a0had all things in common.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26983\" class=\"text Acts-2-45\"><sup class=\"versenum\">45\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26984\" class=\"text Acts-2-46\"><sup class=\"versenum\">46\u00a0<\/sup>And day by day,\u00a0attending the temple\u00a0together and\u00a0breaking bread in their homes, they received their food\u00a0with glad and generous hearts,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26985\" class=\"text Acts-2-47\"><sup class=\"versenum\">47\u00a0<\/sup>praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.<\/span><span class=\"text Acts-18-24\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Church Theme: Ready, Set, Grow: Journeying Together to Build Up the Church Scripture: Acts 2:37-47 (ESV) Speaker: Rev. Paul Lee Acts 2:37-47 (ESV) 37\u00a0Now when\u00a0they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, \u201cBrothers,\u00a0what shall we do?\u201d\u00a038\u00a0And Peter said to them,\u00a0\u201cRepent and\u00a0be baptized every &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20240211\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Five Purposes of the Church: \u00a0(3) Fellowship&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-sermon","category-rev-paul-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1633,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}