Anonymous
10/10/2025, 4:47:40 PM
No.82760896
>>82758535
The chapters in Acts 2-4 that you list only describe the actions of the direct followers of Christ at the congregation. To start, examining the text reveals one thing:
>And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
>And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
>And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
>And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
>And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
>Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
That these people abandoned their labor and made private sale of their property, using the proceeds to distribute the goods rather than establishing a Communist or Socialist system. We can see it again in chapter four:
>Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
>And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
>Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
This system here described is an early form of the clergy, rather than that which would be applied to all people as a whole. We should see in Paul the official decree that Christians should give away everything they have but, quite unfortunately, we see the following:
>Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
What we get is taxation.
The chapters in Acts 2-4 that you list only describe the actions of the direct followers of Christ at the congregation. To start, examining the text reveals one thing:
>And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
>And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
>And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
>And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
>And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
>Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
That these people abandoned their labor and made private sale of their property, using the proceeds to distribute the goods rather than establishing a Communist or Socialist system. We can see it again in chapter four:
>Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
>And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
>Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
This system here described is an early form of the clergy, rather than that which would be applied to all people as a whole. We should see in Paul the official decree that Christians should give away everything they have but, quite unfortunately, we see the following:
>Now about the collection for the Lord's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
What we get is taxation.