“Those who accepted Peter’s message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (Acts 2:41-42)
People by the thousands became Christians because they saw Simon Peter's commitment to the church. Peter was devoted to the church, and with good reason. There is no institution in the world that serves people better than the church does. There is no institution in the world that helps families more than the church does. There is no institution in the world that redeems lives like the church. There is no institution in the world that teaches love like the church. There is no institution in the world that lifts God up and inspires righteousness like the church does. There is no institution in the world that cultivates goodness like the church does.
But even more than that, the church has Jesus Christ! The world is starving to death for Jesus Christ, and we have Him. We are here to share Jesus Christ with a needy world, and everything we do is for that purpose… so that we can share the love of Christ; so that we can tell people about Him.
-- James W. Moore in “When You're a Christian, the Whole World is from Missouri"
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