Just a reminder....
When cooking a supper that tastes awesome...it's better to trust the recipe God gave than to try and cook something not from Him. A food recipe is made of rules/law/commands/instructions/etc.
I find it very interesting that so many are opposed to one heart and one soul, not claiming anything as our own in regards to earthly possessions. Our inheritance is common....God....good and perfect...heavenly...spiritual...not according to the flesh.
Anyone have a better idea than a sponsor/traveler recipe/game/exercise/race/separate and peculiar testimony to the world that includes all things common and equality and at least some kind of example of unity in giving all and not a percentage? Tithes are from the world...they give a percentage.
How long will we not give all?
Acts 4:31-33King James Version (KJV)
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
How about being considered peculiar and separate from the perspective of non-christians (well...besides the separate example of hipocricy with little effort to even encourage what Jesus did first after baptism, and what the adopted high priesthood did first after the resurrection of Christ).
2 Corinthians 8:7-9King James Version (KJV)
7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Can anyone direct me to the assembly of the temple made without hands that has walls of people 24 hours a day...united 24 hours a day...crucified unto the world and the world unto us 24 hours a day, not only in spirit but in a common work exercised by our united earthen vessels? I am having a hard time finding the 100 Percenter's 24 hours a day.
Luke 17:20-22King James Version (KJV)
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
2 Chronicles 7:13-15King James Version (KJV)
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Corinthians 6:16-18King James Version (KJV)
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
I do believe a group of people walking around a high school sized track continually in shifts if need be....would definitely look more peculiar...and within that wall would be different than without....correct?
I am sure that if we truly count the cost....we will be thankful that God has allowed us and approved for us to trust Him with 100%.
Philippians 3:18-21King James Version (KJV)
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
