Assembly: Worship
Channel: South Austin church of Christ
Date: 2023-01-23

Acts 2:41-42
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
ἦσαν δὲ προσκαρτεροῦντες τῇ διδαχῇ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ καὶ τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ ταῖς προσευχαῖς

1. the apostles' teaching
2. the fellowship
3. the breaking of bread
4. the prayers

Ephesians 4:11-16
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.


The Apostles' Teaching

Hebrews 6:1-2
Let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ..., not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction [the Teaching] about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Acts 17:17-19
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching [Teaching] is that you are presenting...?"

Romans 6:2-3, 16-18
How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death...?
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching [the Teaching] to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Romans 16:16-17
All the churches of Christ greet you. I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine [the Teaching] that you have been taught; avoid them.