And They Were Added To The Church...

The local church is the greatest institution on the face of the earth apart from the family. It is important that the Lord's churches make more and better disciples. We were never told to save anyone, but we were commanded to Go, Make Disciples, Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, and Teach Them to observe all things.

This week at CityReach there were 105 people who made public professions of faith. That's the good news. The bad news is these people will not all be discipled right away. For the next three weeks I will be out of town. So this is where true leadership takes place. It is my responsibility to equip the saints (at StoneBridge) to make more and better disciples. I will be working with Russell and David to correlate a plan to help these people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

It is always overwhelming, yet exciting to see so many people give their lives to Christ. Do we really believe that 3000 souls were saved and added to the first New Testament Church? YES!!! So, why do we doubt the power of God when 105 people make public professions of faith in four days? Many people will read our report from CityReach and will probably say, "Yea, sure, but I wonder how many of them are going to be baptized?" "How many of them were genuinely saved?" My answer is, "I DON'T KNOW." But, this one thing I do know...I am going to enjoy every minute of it. I am going to strive to the fullest to reach every person who made a public profession of faith to let them know that StoneBridge Baptist Church is a church that loves God and loves people.

Acts 2:41, "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."

Acts 2:47, "Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."