CHURCH ASSEMBLED TOGETHER
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Discipline:
(Matthew 18:17-19) “Tell it(brother’s trespass) to the
church; but if he neglect to hear the
church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a
publican.” If two of you shall agree on
earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done
for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where
two or three are gathered together in my
name, there am I in the midst of them.”
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Prayer:
(Acts 1:4) “Jesus being assembled together with them, commanded
them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for
the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of
me.” (Acts1:14) “And they all continued with one accord in
prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the
mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.”
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Preaching:
(Acts 2:1, 14-41)And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place…But Peter, standing
up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said unto
them…”(Acts 4:2) “They (apostles) taught the people,
and preached through Jesus the resurrection
from the dead.” (Acts 4; 5:42) “And daily in the Temple, and in
every house, they ceased not to teach and preach
Jesus Christ.”
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Praise:
(Matthew 21:16) “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings, thou
hast perfected praise.” (Luke 19:37-38, 40)
“And when Jesus was come nigh, even now at the descent of the
mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
rejoice and praise God with a loud voice
for all the mighty works that they had seen; saying, Blessed be
the King that cometh in the Name of the Lord: peace in heaven,
and glory in the highest. Jesus said, If these people should
hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” (Acts
2:46-47) “And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their
meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising
God, and having favor with all the people. And the
Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” (Acts
3:8) “The lame man entered with them(Peter & John) into the
Temple, walking, and leaping and praising
God.”(Acts 16:25) “Paul and Silas prayed, and sang
praises unto God.” (Romans 15:11) “Praise
the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud Him, all ye people.” (I
Peter 2:9) “Ye should shew forth the praises
of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous
light:” (Hebrews 2:12) “In the midst of the church will I
sing praise unto Thee.” (Hebrews 13:15) “By Him
therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise
to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks
to His Name.” (Revelation 19:5) “And a voice came out of the
throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his
servants, and ye that fear Him, both small and great.”
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Teaching:
(Acts 4:2, 4)-“They taught the people, and
preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Howbeit
many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of
the men was a bout five thousand. (Acts 5:42) “Daily in the
temple and in every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.” (Acts 11:26) “A whole year they(Silas
and Saul) assembled themselves with the church(Antioch), and
taught much people.”
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Persecution:
(Acts 4:23-32) “And being let go, they went
to their own company, and reported all that the chief
priests and elders had done unto them.
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with
one accord…”
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Selection of
the Seven(Acts 6:2-7) “Then the twelve called the
multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason
that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men…and
the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose…”
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Sending out Apostles (Acts
11:22) “Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the
church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.” (Acts
13:1-4) “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto
I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and
laid their hands on them, they sent them
away. So they, being sent forth
by the Holy Ghost, departed…”(Acts 15:3-4) “And Paul and Silas
being brought on their way by the church,
they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the
conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy. And when
they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of
the church, and of the apostles and elders,
and they declared all things that God had done with
them.”
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Reporting
Missionary Results: (Acts 14:27) “And when they were
come, and had gathered the church together, they
rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened
the door of faith unto the Gentiles. (Acts 15:22)
”Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church,
to send chosen men of their own company to
Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas,
and Silas, chief men among the brethren:”
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Doctrinal
Decisions: (Acts 15:5-22) “There rose up certain of
the sect of the Pharisees…Then pleased it the apostles and
elders, with the whole church…”
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Worship:
(Luke 24:52) “And they worshipped Him, and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in
the temple, praising and blessing God.” (I Corinthians 14:23)
“If therefore the whole church be come
together into one place…” (Hebrews 10:25) “Not
forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching.”
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