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Jeremy Riddle posted recently about worship being about us coming together as one heart and one mind.
He’s referencing this verse from Acts 4:32
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
Community! Yeah! We need better community!
If you’re like me your mind immediately goes to the part about no one having need and what an awesome community that would be.
But we forget to ask what makes that community act in that way.
It’s because they were unified in one heart and mind.
Unity YEAH! We need unity!
But what is the unifying message they are gathering around?
Testifying to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We cannot build healthy communities for the sake of a healthy community.
Real Kingdom, healthy community, flows from people gathering around advancing and preaching the good news of Jesus. And if you read more in Acts you will see that things weren’t always peachy. Lots of “sharp disagreements”
What is your community gathering around? Are they of one heart and mind?
