First Baptist Arlington: We are Changing! - September 17, 2023

Dennis R Wiles FBC Arlington September 17, 2023 
2023 - Why Does It Matter? FALL 2023 - The Church: Why Does It Matter? September 3 – November 4, 2023  First Baptist Arlington: We are Changing! Acts 2:42-47  FALL 2023:  THE CHURCH: Why Does It Matter?  The Church is a purposeful community of gathered believers following The Jesus Way together.   Psalm 1 Tree – Purpose, Transformation, Influence   Becoming fruitful believers, influencing our world for Christ.  ENRICHMENT: Becoming fruitful believers  DEVOTION: The early church was “all in” – these believers were steadfastly devoted to this new life in Christ. So are we!  SPIRITUAL FORMATION: The early believers were devoted to the authoritative teaching of the Apostles. So are we!  As He moves about He leaves behind him a trail of transformed scenes and changed situations—fishermen no longer at their nets, sick people restored to health, critics confounded, a storm stilled, hunger assuaged, a dead girl raised to life. Jesus’ presence is an active and instantly transforming presence: He is never the mere observe of the scene or the one who waits upon events but always the transformer of the scene and the initiator of events. -V. H. Vanstone, The Stature of Waiting 
As followers of Jesus, we are being formed, conformed, and transformed along The Jesus Way!