Tuesday Second Week of Easter

 

One mind and one Heart Acts 4:32

One Mind and One Heart

The Acts of the Apostles tells us that the community of believers was of "One mind and one heart."

Does that bespeak the Church in which we live today?

The answer is obvious,

No, it does not.

For every person there is an opinion.

For every person there is a different answer on what the Church should do and where it should go.

What has happened to the Church in 2000 years?

To be fair to the Church today, the Church of 2000 years ago was not totally of "One Mind and One Heart."

By the year 50A.D. at the Council of Jerusalem there was division over whether or not Christians should be circumcised according to Jewish Custom.

There was division at the Eucharistic table between the rich and poor.

And as St Paul tells us that there were some who were not working but were busy bodies.

So not everything was of "One mind and One Heart" among the early Christians.

So what is a Christian to do?

First of all, Forgive!

Forgive one another as The Lord has forgiven us.

Secondly, Love!

Love one another as The Lord has loved us.

Lastly Pray!

Pray that we might all be one, as The Lord prayed that we would be one on the night before He died.

Will these three things bring down the walls that divide Christians as the walls of Jericho fell?

Maybe, maybe not!

But at least it will keep the walls from getting any higher and it may even tear down a few bricks that divide us.