October 6
What a Church Should Be
Read Acts 4 - 5
Acts 4:33-35 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. 34 There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.
DO YOU want to know what a church should be? Look here and see. The first citizens of Christ’s Kingdom had a true understanding of what he required of them. They looked to living life glorifying God instead of bringing glory to oneself. They shared their goods, their land, their money, and they gave to those who had none. There was a complete submission to God. Indeed, it must have been an amazing thing to be in such a community as this.
Can the church be this way today? Of course it can if the community of believers plugs into the power of the Holy Spirit in the same way this first church plugged in. The connection begins when we pray to seek God’s truth. Then we take steps to live it out in the joy and the blessing of the Spirit.
Let’s be a “testifying church” giving to anyone as he had need.
Pause and Consider: the true meaning of community as defined here.
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