The Body Beautiful (Acts 2:42-47)

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Sermon Outline

Big Idea: Nothing that the first church did or was, was either characteristic of human culture or consistent with “normal” human behaviour. They were ordinary people, powerfully transformed to represent Christ in gospel-saturated community.

• The secret to looking more attractive has been discovered …

• But why was the first church so attractive?

1. The “Beautiful Church” Described (Acts 2:46-47)

2. The Beautiful Church Devoted: (Acts 2:42)

3. The Beautiful Church, Empowered: (Acts 2:43)

4. The Beautiful Church Invested (Acts 2:44-45) 

Application: The Big “Take Away”

• the Beautiful Church is the church in which Jesus is o________________________”