Church Membership

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

…so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

…praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

…you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus, …

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.