Welcome to the Family of God - the Visible Church

The Blessings of an "Extended Family" Congregation
The Lord’s Church
Four Expository Sermons on Acts 2:36-47
Message III. The Visible Church as the House and Family of God

Question: Is the WCF biblically right in calling the visible church the house and family of God?

PASSAGE
Acts 2:44-47a 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people….

EXPOSITION
A Common Life (44-45)
A Daily Life (46-47)
A Public Life (47)

POINT: The Visible Church is the House and Family of God.

APPLICATIONS:
1. To live as a child of God is the privilege and duty of everyone in our Father’s house.
2. The daily life of communal Christianity needs to be recaptured in our isolated world.
3. Welcome to the family of God – the Visible Church.

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