We continue casting of our vision for 2018 “to love one another” and we are doing so by obeying the Scripture mandate to “examine ourselves.” In this process, Acts 2:42 is our “surgeon” exposing us to what healthy churches and Christians are committed to – “And they continued steadfast in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.” This Lord’s Day, we are looking at “the apostles’ teaching” and the four ways we are devoted to it – hearing, reading, studying and obeying their teaching.

As we look to the New Year and the casting of our vision for 2018 “to love one another”, it is a great time to obey the Scripture mandate to “examine ourselves.” In this process, we will be in Acts 2:42 and evaluate ourselves based on what characterized the practice of the early church – “And they continued steadfast in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.” It is these four things which are in healthy churches. And these four things must be in healthy individual Christians in order to have healthy churches.