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study the early church in the book of acts you find that the followers of

Jesus pooled their resources to take care of one another. Is this

what believers are supposed to do today as well? On Truth for Life weekend, Alistairbegg

explores the biblical answer as we continue our study of the seven marks of an effective church.

We've dealt with the fact that the church was a learning church devoting itself to the

Apostles teaching, that it was a worshiping church, and we're going to see that it is an evangelizing church, people being added to their

number daily, the ones who were being saved. And tonight we're noticing essentially what is the second part of what we have dealt with before

when we think of the church as being a loving church. And the subject that is before us is the matter of mutual care.

In other words, that we have the privilege and responsibility of ministering to each other.

And the basis of our mutuality or our coinania, which is the word for

fellowship, translated fellowship there in the 42nd verse of Acts chapter 2. The great experience that we have in common is that of God's redeeming grace.

That our fellowship is first of all with God the Father and with his son the Lord Jesus Christ

and as a result of having been put in that vertical relationship with God we are then placed in a relationship with one another and that is a

summary essentially of 1st John 1.3. Our fellowship is with the Father and with his

son Jesus Christ. And this then is the

basis of our fellowship with each other. When Paul pronounces the words of the

grace at the end of 2 Corinthians in chapter 13 he says may the grace of the

Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the coin and the

any of the Holy Spirit be with you all. So just in order that we're not in any doubt as to what we're

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