I can’t speak for you but as for myself the threat of jail is good enough to keep me from wanting to break the law. We are fortunate in the fact that we live in a country where we are free to speak about Jesus. Hopefully we will always have that right and not have to worry about being imprisoned for speaking the name of Jesus. Now back to the Idea of the New Testament church, the idea of on heart is awesome but that does come with sacrifice we read here of selling personal things to help your brother in need so that nobody goes without. Sounds great but yet todays church often bickers amongst each other over the color of carpet while families do without. This isn’t saying that we all need to sell everything we own and move into a compound together its just the simple principle of if you have the means to help someone than do it.
We agree that God wants us all to be obedient to what he calls on us to do and I think that Peter sets the bar pretty high. After an Angel leads them out of jail God tells them to go to the very place they were arrested and continue doing what they got arrested for. They didn’t question the word or even their personal safety they just obeyed God. Complete trust is how they lived their life with God, and he took care of them. If God places something on your heart don’t question it, God has already got the details taken care of. Prayer, fasting, and seeking God all your answers are their.
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