Thursday Acts 2:41-47

The early church experienced unity in Christ.

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Peter explained to the crowd the truth of the gospel. They asked what they should do. Peter told them to repent and be baptized. Luke records that 3000 people were baptized.

Luke then gives us a picture of what life in the church looked like. The people devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles. They met daily in the temple courts. That is likely where the teaching took place. They met together regularly in people’s homes. They met together regularly and celebrated the Lord’s Supper. They freely shared their possessions with each other.

As I look at this picture of church, it seems to me that the driving principle was the unity in Christ. Each person gave up the pursuit of their individual desires and made God the primary desire of their lives. The unity of the church can only be based on a common desire to follow Christ.

We all want unity, but too often the unity we pursue is for everyone to agree on a style or a specific point of view. If each person sought to wholeheartedly follow Christ, then unity becomes much easier.

Unity in Christ goes back to Romans 12:2. We must be transformed by the renewing of our minds. We have to learn to think differently. We have to learn to think like Christ. That can only happen if we are engaged in spiritual disciplines.