I am still intrigued by the first church and their policy of sharing. It seems that, to them, following Jesus meant having no "personal" property, but rather sharing everything they had with the other believers. Homes, food, money, everything!
It seems like such a beautiful picture of what we are to look like as the Body of Christ. It says in Acts that no one in their church had ANY needs because they shared everything they had.
My question is, why don't we, the church, still live like that? It seemed to work well for them... maybe we should be taking notes.
Different train of thought:
Mike's blog got me thinking a little. The Bible is clear that trials bring learning among other good things. Have you ever asked God specifically for trials in your life so that you can learn? It goes against human nature in every way. I submit that this very request is something we should ask God for everyday. Lets face it, the trials are coming whether we want them here or not; so asking for them to come will create much more of a learning environment when they do come.
2 comments:
i agree with you about the church. Seriously, why don't we live like that? i think we should.
As for trials you are right sir we should ask for them. I've never thought of it in that way but it is quite beautiful when you think about it.
Thanks for that!
Nate,
I liked your post. I agree with about sharing. It is interesting that Communism finds some of its roots in the Biblical ideas of sharing, which is why some great theologians of the time thought that it was such a good idea. As a political system communism fails due to many things... however the idea of sharing everything is the right way to live our daily lives. It is amazing to me that we have such a sense of ownership (yours and mine) in a temporal world. I think that having a sense of ownership makes us feel as if we have control of things, maybe even makes us feel a little God-like... it is hard to break that sense of ownership, I am still trying to figure out how to do it. Good thought provoking post.
Mike Livingood
Post a Comment