Acts 2: Fellowship
“They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to FELLOWSHIP, to the breaking of bread and to prayer…All the believers were together and had everything in common. ” - Acts 2:42,44
In Week 1 of Acts 2:42-47, our “Devoted” devotion reframed the question from “Do I go to church?” to “What am I devoted to—and does the way I order my life reflect it? If it isn’t God, what needs to change?
Week 2 of Acts 2 is all about the word “Fellowship." Which is a fun word for gathering as a community.
You see, from the very beginning, God created us for relationships.
Throughout Genesis 1, God looks at His creation and repeatedly calls it good. But then, for the first time, God looks at something and says:
“It is NOT GOOD that the man should be alone.” — Genesis 2:18
So God created Eve. He created marriage. And then He blessed them and told them to “be fruitful and multiply.”
God wasn't simply creating two people to rule the garden and the world. He was creating community.
And when Jesus gathers His Church, we see that same design. Jesus says:
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
— Matthew 5:14
There's something important about that word you.
It's plural.
Or, as we Texans would say: Y'all.
Y'all are the light of the world.
Jesus doesn't describe His Church as a single lighthouse standing alone in the darkness. He describes us as a city.
And as we said Sunday: A city is not a population of one. You can't have a city by yourself.
That's exactly what we see in Acts 2.
They learned together.
They prayed together.
They worshiped together.
They ate in one another's homes.
They shared what they had.
They cared for one another.
They lived life together.
Which means there were gifts of God they experienced precisely because they were together.
And that poses a question worth asking ourselves:
What do we miss when we don't gather with God's people?
We may miss the conversation God could have used to encourage us.
We miss the opportunity to hear what someone else is carrying—and help carry it.
We miss the chance to pray for someone, serve someone, learn from someone, laugh with someone, or simply sit beside someone who needed us there.
We miss opportunities for someone else to do those same things for us.
And maybe most importantly, they miss us too.
That's the challenge of fellowship:we cannot experience Life Together if we aren't together.
But here's the good news: Jesus hasn't left us alone.
He calls us. Baptizes us. Forgives us. Feeds us. And gathers us into His family. Christ has surrounded us with people He has given us to love—and people through whom He intends to love us.
That's at the heart of our vision for Oikos:
Life Together: With God. With Each Other. With Our Neighbor.
One Christian prays with someone.
Another serves a neighbor.
One home opens its doors.
Someone else shows up when life falls apart.
Individually, little lights.
Together, one big bright city.
So maybe there are two questions worth carrying with you this week:
What am I missing when I'm not gathered with God's people?
And what might God's people be missing when I'm not there?
Because you were created out of love, to love, and to be loved.
And Jesus didn't call us to be a bunch of lighthouses scattered across the landscape.
He gathered us into a city; people living with people.
Prayer:
Jesus, thank You for gathering us into Your family. Forgive us when we underestimate the gift of fellowship or try to live our faith alone. Help us receive the people You have placed around us as gifts. Teach us to show up, to know one another, to carry one another's burdens, and to receive their love in return. Amen.
Written by Pastor Daniel Brummet
Check out the sermon: “City on a Hill” - from 8/30/26
