“We have dedicated staff who concentrate exclusively on helping you switch banks painlessly,” says the ASB leaflet, I picked up not long ago. The leaflet is called “Success is trying out a new bank – without trying all their fees.”

And I can only say that I am very attentive. Why?

In my reading of the BIBLE – I started at the beginning of the year with the first book called GENESIS – I arrived at ACTS in the New Testament, and there it says 4 things about the early believers. They dedicated themselves to 4 things: (Acts 2:42)

1. The apostles’ doctrine:

We find 13 letters of the apostle Paul in the New Testament and 2 of the apostle Peter.

2. Fellowship with other believers:

There is secular fellowship and there is Christian fellowship. Christian fellowship is much deeper.

Here are seven things that believers have in common:

a. all born of the same father (John 1:13);

b. bought with the same price (First Corinthian 6:20);

c. members of the same Body (Colossians 1:18);

d.  taught by the same Spirit (John 16:13)

e. walking in the same path (Second Corinthians 5:7);

f. serving the same Master (Matthew 23:8);

g. heirs of the same inheritance (Romans 8:17)

3. The breaking of bread:

Who may partake of Holy Communion?

Only those who belong to the family of God. We must be born into the family of God.

4. Prayer:

What is prayer?

“Prayer is worship addressed to the Father, in the name of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Dr. H. W. Frost

The ASB bank has dedicated staff who concentrate exclusively on helping people switch banks painlessly.

I am asking:

“Do we have devoted (dedicated) believers at the present time who concentrate on the apostle’s teaching, the fellowship, the breaking of bread and prayer?