Becoming the Church Jesus Desires

When we look at the early Church we see that the Apostles spending significant time with Jesus caused them to build His Church in a specific way. This way of life together wasn't a new plan to build a thriving "church". They seemingly took the values that were important to Jesus while He was with them on the earth and lived them out daily with others. The result? A sense of awe and wonder and God adding to their number daily! If we believe this to be true, then we must also believe Jesus has a desire for what the Church should look like. This model, the first-century church, produced transformed people who were together devoted to a specific way of life.  We see that following Jesus and being a part of the first-century Church cost them everything. Are we willing to pay the price no matter the cost to truly become the people that Jesus desires to have for Himself? He is worthy!