“If your church is not following Acts 2:38 for converting souls”
Worship is not intended for converting souls. Worship is focused on God, not man.
**Worship is not intended for converting souls. Worship is focused on God, not man.**
The thread is titled “Getting Back to the Ancient Church”. You can’t get any more ancient than Acts chapter 2; which starts with souls in one accord, worshipping God in verse one (I don’t think they were in one accord about something secular), and then in verse two thru four, the Holy Ghost is poured out.
The next nine verses show the excitement of the event.
The next twenty-three verses show peter testifting of what has just happened, and why; preaching Jesus Christ’s witness of words and deeds, and death, burial, and resurrection.
The next verse shows the listeners responding, saying, “Men and brethern, what shall we do?”
Then Acts 2:38,39: “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
Now, very likely in the span of verses 2 thru 39, less than an hour has elapsed since the Spirit was first poured out.
Skipping out on the beginning is what is wrong with so many church organizations today. They have a foundation that is missing pieces.