Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted September 15, 2008 Members Share Posted September 15, 2008 In Acts (sorry I do not have the exact quotes) it describes how the church members took care of each other. Richer members sold their things (so it seems) and everyone was on an equal basis as far as material things go, like food, shelter, etc. People actually HELPED people in their communities and not with ADRA. Now, I am NOT advocating that all the rich members of the SDA church go out and sell their property to support the poor. But I AM curious as to how we can get back to the rudiments of the early church without doing as they did. Please don't make this into a discussion of works vs salvation. It's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the lives of people here. I know nobody can *save* everyone, but it seems to me that the early church had the right idea. Why are Adventists so against it? Are we so complacent? Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators John317 Posted September 15, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 15, 2008 I think that if we were more under the direction of the Holy Spirit and less concerned with ourselves and our things, we would do what you are talking about. Not that we would sell all our possessions but we would be more concerned about the needs of other people. So I think the answer is our love that comes from the Spirit and from Jesus being in our hearts and lives. I believe before Christ returns, our church will return to the primitive godliness of the book of Acts. Quote John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 15, 2008 Members Share Posted September 15, 2008 I agree with that 100%. I believe that EGW says something to that effect. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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