BIBLICAL
REASONS LEADERS GATHER
Gathering:
Grk. sunago = to lead together
Council:
Grk. sumbouli = a sitting together, a joint council
Together:
Grk. auto = upon or about the same
One
Accord: Grk. homothumadon = like minded
Company:
Grk. idios - one’s own
1.
TO OBEY CHRIST’S COMMAND!
a. Acts 1:4 “And, being assembled together with them, commanded
them that
they should not depart
from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he,
ye have heard of me.”
b. Acts
1:13“And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter,
and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and
Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
c.
Acts 1:14 “These all continued with one accord in
prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and with his brethren.”
2.
TO SEEK GOD IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION!
a.
Acts 4:23 “And being let go, they
went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests
and elders had said unto them.”
b.
Acts 4:24 “And when they
heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and
said…”
3.
TO RECEIVE CONFIRMATION!
a.
Acts 9:26“When Saul was come
to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they
were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
b.
Acts 9:27 “But Barnabas
took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them
how he had seen the Lord I the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he
had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.”
c.
Acts 9:28 “And he was with
them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.”
4.
TO CLARIFY THE MESSAGE!
a.
Acts 11:1 “And the apostles
and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the
Gentiles had also received the word of God.”
b.
Acts 11:2 “And when Peter was
come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision
contended with him.”
c.
Acts 11:17 “Forasmuch then as God
gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?”
d.
Acts 11:18 “When they heard
these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying,
Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”
e.
Acts 15:5 “But there rose up
certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That
it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law
of Moses.”
f.
Acts 15:22 “Then pleased
the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen
men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the
brethren:”
g.
Acts 15:23, 29 “And they
wrote letters by them after this manner…That ye abstain
from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things
strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye
shall do well. Fare ye well."
5.
TO MINISTER TO THE LORD!
a.
Acts 13:1 “Now there were in
the church that was at Antioch certain prophets
and teachers;
as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius
of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,
and Saul.”
b.
Acts 13:2 “As they
ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me
Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”
c.
Acts 13:3 “And when they had
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on
them, they sent them away.”
d.
Acts 13:4 “So they, being
sent forth by the Holy ghost, departed…”
6.
TO REHEARSE ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE!
a.
Acts 14:27 “And when they
were come, and had gathered the church together,
they rehearsed
all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of
faith unto the Gentiles.”
b.
Acts 14:28 “And there they
abode a long time with the disciples.”
c.
Acts 15:4 “And when they
were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the
church:
and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God
had done with them.”
7.
TO DELIVER A SPECIAL MESSAGE!
a.
Acts 15:30 “So when they were
dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they
had gathered the
multitude together, they delivered the epistle.”
b.
Acts 15:31 “Which when
they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.”
OUTLINE OF BIBLICAL REASONS LEADERS
GATHER
By Dan Hubbell
1.
TO OBEY CHRIST’S COMMAND! (Acts
1:4, 13-14)
2.
TO SEEK GOD IN TIMES OF
PERSECUTION! (Acts 4:23-24)
3.
TO RECEIVE CONFIRMATION! (Acts
9:26-27)
4. TO CLARIFY THE MESSAGE! (Acts 11:1-2, 17-18; 15:5, 22-23, 29)
5. TO MINISTER TO THE LORD! (Acts 13:1-4)
6. TO REHEARSE ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE! (Acts 14:17-28; 15:4)
7. TO DELIVER A SPECIAL MESSAGE! (Acts 15:30-31)
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