Assignment no.

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Name: Nicole Anne S. Lapore

Grade and Section: 10-Mercy

Title:

Community of disciples
(Acts 2: 43- 47)

Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the
believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to
anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke
bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of
all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Explanation

The description given in Acts 2:42-47 suggests what the Holy Spirit can do. These verses do not lay
down rules or specific structures for Christian living. The life and work of a Christian community can reflecteven if only dimly the reign of God that Jesus proclaimed while on earth and secured through his death,
resurrection, and exaltation. Acts 2:42-47 describes a community of faith that operates in the power of
God's Spirit. The virtues of justice, worship, and mutuality are not accomplishments of extraordinary folk
they are signs of the Spirit within a community of people who understand themselves as united in purpose
and identity not a dispersed collection of individual church. This is not to say that the members of a
community of faith bear no responsibility for living in a way that displays God's reconciliation.