Introduction – Here, Luke describes for us the early church in its infancy. In it is a beautiful picture of what we are to be as a body. I want us to see what the church looked like and what they did. I want us to take a hard look at it and then examine ourselves in the mirror of God’s Word to see how we measure up. 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. • They the Word. • They publicly their lives to Jesus. 42a And they continued steadfastly • They themselves to what we are going to see. • Their life in Christ was not a . 42b in the apostles’ doctrine Here we see the fuel of the WORD. • The scriptures were the written for the early church. • We need to it and according to it. • While you can and should study on your own, corporate or group study is . 42c and fellowship… 44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, Here we see the fuel of our FELLOWSHIP. Christian fellowship is found in our shared faith in our shared indwelling of the our shared in the Gospel our shared our shared Our fellowship is . Our fellowship is to the health of the individual and the body.