All Things In Common

 

 

In Acts of the Apostles we see a community of people who are committed to the Messiah and His teaching and His way of life.

They shared their lives, lifting one another up with encouragement and support.

We could all take another look at exactly what was happening in the lives of the people during those early days of the believers in the Messiah.

All had been given the scriptures growing up, knowing the teachings of God from Moses and the Prophets. They also would have had the wisdom of Solomon through the books of Proverbs. They also would have had historical data of the Israel on how it prospered and suffered depending on whether the ruler, priest, leaders and teachers were teaching the people to live with Gods Torah – teachings and laws, yet when the leaders failed to keep the commandments and Holy days and keeping their lives separated from the worlds (pagan) ways of life. We can see historically that Israel prospered when they obeyed God, Israel suffered defeat and loss and dispersion amongst the nations when they failed to obey.

So we see that when we come to the Messiah and our hearts and minds are seared by the Holy Spirit and as we are drawn to live Gods ways and keep his commandments, learning to understand how we can live together in peace and harmony.

We see the lives of the disciples are living unity of mind and purpose and supporting one another.

They lived together sharing one another’s lives, working together as a community helping one another enjoy each other company by being hospitable with one another.

Yet in today’s society it is so hard to be hospitable – people are afraid to share and invite people to their homes, sharing is hard when people do not trust each other – yet as fellow believers, building relationships within the community is highly important as we are called to be one body – each of us has their own role to play within each community to help build up the Kingdom of God here on earth. Inviting one another to break bread together, encouraging one another with words of comfort and psalms and hymns and always loving one another just as Yeshua loves us.

We really need to recognise we are all important to God, we all have a place in the Body of Christ – yet there are many times that we feel separated and cut off and out of the communities we are called to share in therefore it is incredibly important that we are honest and truthful to each other and sharing genuinely with one another.

This is the calling of God on our lives to Love One Another As He Loves Us.

The greatest gift we can give a fellow human being is Love and support. For without supporting one another we are in danger of being selfish and self centred and separated from God and His mercy and His Love and His generosity.

So next time you speak with your friend be genuinely interested in their lives, if you can encourage that person in some way do so. Lift each other up in prayer and love. Help one another find solutions to their troubles, listen to each other. Grow together. For without this support system the body falls to bits and nothing will remain. Yet when we start to be genuine with each other and start to really Love one another as God has called us to then we will start to see a difference in people lives.
 
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