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The Ideal Audience

• What We Can Learn from Cornelius
• Acts 1033

Prepared by Chris Reeves Southside church of
Christ Gospel Meeting September 20, 2015
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The Preacher His Audience

• Many churches are looking for the qualities of a
  good preacher voice, personality, knowledge,
  experience, etc.
• There is much in Gods word concerning the
  qualities of a good preacher (1
  Thess. 24 2 Tim. 42 etc.)

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The Preacher His Audience

• Are churches looking for the qualities of a good
  audience?
• There are qualities of a good audience given in
  the Bible (Neh. 81ff)
• What are the qualities of the audience that is
  pleasing to God (Acts 1033)?

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You Have Done Well in Coming

• They anticipated the coming assembly with great
  interest no apathy
• Do we anticipate coming together for worship do
  we long for it? What a great blessing and
  privilege it is to come to worship God!
• Psalm 268 1221

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We Are All Here

• They were all present, waiting, with a unity of
  purpose no absentees or late-comers
• Are we all present to worship God (except
  providentially hindered)
• Heb. 1025

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Present Before God

• They understood that they were in Gods presence
  no misbehavior
• Are we gathered with reverence and respect for
  God?
• Hebrews 1225

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To Hear

• They wanted to listen to the entire message no
  rejecting the message no closed minds
• Are we listening to all that is said?
• John 645 Acts 757 2027 2222
  Romans 1017

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To Hear All Things Commanded

• They wanted to hear a message from Gods word no
  entertainment or social events
• Are we coming for worship or for some other
  purpose?
• Acts 246 207 1 Cor. 1120ff 1426ff

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Commanded by the Lord

• They wanted to hear Gods commandments no
  opinions of men or pop-psychology
• Are we demanding truth and Bible from our
  preachers and teachers?
• 2 Timothy 42-4

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The Ideal Audience

• These people were change they obeyed they were
  saved (1048 111, 14, 18 157, 11)
• With an audience like this at each service, we
  will be changed too! The lost will be saved! The
  saved will be strengthened!