A lot of us have quietly decided we just need a personal relationship with God. No church drama, no people, just me and God. It sounds spiritual. The problem is the Bible never describes the Christian life that way, and that one belief may be the reason your faith feels distant, drained, or stuck.
In this message, Pastor Jonathan Evans opens Acts 2:42-47, where the early church gave themselves to teaching, to fellowship, to breaking bread, and to prayer. He shows the difference between being saved and being devoted, and why “just me and God” leaves so many believers running on empty. The call is simple: stop trying to follow God alone, and become the church again.
In this sermon:
- Why the church in Acts is believers only, and what made it recognizable
- The difference between salvation and devotion, and why the modern picture is fuzzy
- Why we perish for lack of knowledge, not lack of entertainment
- How to become the salt that slows the decay instead of shaking our heads at the culture
- Why you were never built to follow God alone, and what fellowship really is
- The Wi-Fi modem and the phone: two pictures of staying connected to the power source
- How breaking bread joins heaven and earth and equalizes everyone at the table
- The story of how Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship started in 1976 with ten people in a house
