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NASB | Acts 2:44 And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:44 And all those who had believed [in Jesus as Savior] were together and had all things in common [considering their possessions to belong to the group as a whole]. |
Subject: why is Acts 2:44 not practiced today |
Bible Note: After looking at this question and some of the answers, I have to agree with some of the answers and disagree with others. Why do we not have this kind of oneness, "one mind, one faith, one baptism, etc?" Basically because we as human beings become lazy and complacent with our faith. We all need to become more like the Bereans and study; testing and proving all believers/teachers to come in our midst. If their words aren't in accordance with God's word, then there's bascially two responses: 1)teach them as Annanias and Saphira did Stephen or 2)upon verifying that they're not interested in following God's word, pray with them and for them to see the error of their ways. Remember, Christ put down the Pharisees and Saducees for this same kind of problem. They had become leaders of their people and built up tremendous amounts of additional teaching, some of which altered and perverted God's will. Example: Corban, the practice of getting out of taking care of their parents by giving this financial support to some special account for God's sake. Like Samuel said to Saul: It is better to obey God than to make sacrifice. The way God sees it: we're just making that "sacrifice" to suit our purposes and really get away with some kind of sin in our lives. In summary, I believe it is very much possible for God's people everywhere in the world to agree on the oneness of Christianity if we identify all the proper limitations of God's word. In other words, "speak where the Bible speaks and be silent when the Bible is silent" and allow for different ways of doing those things. Now, you may say I sound ultra-conservative but believe me there are a multitude of people I call brethren that are far more conservative and some far more liberal than me. So I like to think I'm somewhere in the middle. The most important item to take from all this discussion (in my opinion) is to remember God's top priority is to follow His ultimate example of love (His Son) and give Him the glory. I'd be genuinely interested in your response. |