Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
Ephesians 4:15
GO and MAKE disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to OBEY everything I have commanded you.
Matthew 28:19-20
You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 1:9
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
Acts 2:1
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42
While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them …
Acts 3:11
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Acts 8:1
Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
Acts 8:2
We made a mistake. What we should have done when people had become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self-feeders.’ We should have gotten people, taught people how to read their Bible, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own.
Bill Hybels
The Spirit told Philip, “GO to that chariot and stay near it.” Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 8:29-31
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!
Hebrews 5:12
Participation in church activities does not predict or drive long-term spiritual growth. Rather, the findings reveal that the church programs have become a substitute for what Jesus called us to.
Bill Hybels
SEE(N)
HEAR(D)
KNOW(N)
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
Acts 8:4
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
Ephesians 2:1-2
Solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 5:14
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
