Act II- Church Utopia

Hope In Tigard

The early church must have been something to behold. Something so apart, so other from the way anyone else was living. In the days and weeks following Jesus' resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, those early Christians lived differently. Luke wrote about what that life was like in Acts 2:

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Have we lost that? Are we, as a modern church, falling short of this church utopia? Should we, as Hope Lutheran Church, be on a quest for this? I'll give you my answer. No. And I'll tell you why. Because Jesus has risen from the dead. And so when he sees us, his church, he sees perfection.