Being Saved

The hymns and psalms we sing this morning all point to the mission and work of the church, which we see modelled in the short coda to Acts chapter 2. We celebrate that “through the church the song goes on” (Holy God, We Praise Your Name). We confess Christ as the cornerstone of this new Zion that “bind[s] all the church in one” (Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation). Like the first century church, we are called to honor the teaching of the “apostolic train” (also Holy God, We Praise Your Name), to fellowship and unity (From Babel To Zion), to care for the poor among us (Who Shall Abide In The Tents Of The Lord—Psalm 15), to the “breaking of bread” (Let Us Break Bread Together), and to prayer (Sweet Hour Of Prayer). Though the world may “deride or pity” Zion’s children, we can rest on the promise that salvation’s walls shall always surround us (Glorious Things Of Thee Are Spoken). As we continue this study through the book of Acts, let’s pray that our local church would remain faithful to the example set for us in the Scriptures and that the Lord would “add to [our] number day by day those who are being saved.” —Henry C. Haffner