Saved by Grace

Sunday School Review

Saved By Grace

Acts 15:1-35

For Sunday October 25, 2015

by Superintendent Liz Hope

This quarter we have studied much about the birth and the growth of the church in the book of Acts. You could say, this is where Sunday morning rituals got started. And just like in Acts, Peter faced differing opinions between Jews and Gentiles about how they should live out their beliefs. We do that today, we embrace religious rituals or denomination distinction, in how we live out our faith. We determine based on our denominational divide, who's got it right and who's got it wrong? But God does not? 

The good news is God is not looking for your denomination, He's looking for you! As Peter said in Acts 15:8a and 9a. God knows hearts... and puts no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. In other words, God wants to see your faith expressed in your life to impact your community and the world; and, not how well you can do your rituals. The church grew in the book of Acts because the community saw God work in the lives of the believers, in spite of their differences.

It is still important today for the community to see God work in our lives. It is more important to come together in faith, than to be divided by differences. You see we all can only be Saved by Grace.

The grace of God is what we must let shime to others to continue to keep the church growing. The church is the Boby of Christ, not the building you meet at every week.