"Father, we thank you that your Word sets us free and your Word has the power and has purpose. When we get back to the root of the birth of your Church, when we start seeing when the branches began to grow, when we start seeing the manifestation of the Church, then these are the signs of a Church that has all things in common: one Spirit, one mind, one heart, one accord, and one doctrine! In Jesus' name!"
God is stirring the religious waters and bringing us all to the living water through this message. Do we really have all things in common? If you are not under the heavenly vision, probably, we have nothing in common with each other. In the Christian world, you will find many Christians with nothing in common, even though they go to the same building weekly!
A lot of the time, people can't walk with others because they have a hard time submitting to the apostolic heavenly vision given by Jesus. In the very beginning of his ministry, the apostles and disciples had some problems with Paul because all they knew about him had to do with the reputation of his past. They only knew him as Saul of Tarsus, but God changed his name and nature. Paul had a strong revelation about the heavenly vision, and he was obedient to it even unto death. Read Acts 26:1-21.
"Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (verse 14). But before his real conversion, Paul was kicking against the pricks (Acts 9:5)! Paul, knowing all things that he thought were right, in the end, saw that it was all wrong. Let us never kick against the pricks. Let us never resist the Holy Spirit, the Word, and the Body of Christ. Let us not kick against the power of the cross, against revelation, or against the Words written in this book called the Bible. Let us break this bread, this body, this Word of Truth.
After his conversion, Saul, now Paul, had the boldness to say, "Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision" (verse 19). If Paul received the revelation of the foundation of the church, that same heavenly vision remains. All the pillars of the Church, Jesus being the chief cornerstone, had the same inheritance, the same heavenly vision. It is all inside of us all! Paul has been charged with a crime, but he is not saying, "I am not guilty of man's law," but he was saying, "I am obeying God's call, God's vision, and God's intention. In my life, I must obey Him above man's." There are some things that man can never stop, even as we see in the life of Daniel, but in the eye of religion or fear, we can also take scripture out of context to create our own safety. Paul and Daniel would not have it. Will you have this in common with them? In the eyes of men, he was considered guilty, but he was standing sanctified in righteousness by faith, and he was bold. His mission, his purpose, was not finished, and that is why he spoke with authority, trusting God will complete the vision.
There is an impartation and transfer of this heavenly vision, but many people start seeing it with confusion and in a different way, through a perverted Gospel, so they can fit a church to their own needs and wishes. What is the real Gospel? Every message preached from the pulpit has to be wrapped by the power of the cross! Before he was talking about faith that sanctifies us, but the proof that we follow Jesus is the works meet for repentance (verse 20). It is not just a prayer; it is an encounter.
We all have a personal vision, but our personal vision must come under the heavenly vision first, or you will lose sight of them both! How do we know it's dangerous to use one scripture out of context to try to convince oneself or try to manipulate the Gospel? We know there are mavericks, there are renegades, and there are lone rangers and Lone Ranger ministries, not only in the USA, but everyone who runs when God has not sent them. For example, many of them are hurt by the church. They are out there to prove they are anointed. Paul was supposed to fit right into the Body, but the church was waiting to see his works meet for repentance. They were afraid of him; the church was at this infant stage. Some people don't see spirits coming in through the Trojan Horse. But thank God, Paul was a great teacher and revelator: "I am going to preach and to teach Christ, and Him crucified." Many people out there have their one mixed Gospel and are being moved by every wind! We are not supposed to preach mysteries or our own books or genealogies or fables...But CHRIST and HIM crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2).
Let's stick to the Bible; let's break down the context of this spoken phrase: "And all that believed were together, and had all things common" (Acts 2:44). Do you know how many people come to church and they want money, things, this and that? But there is a right way to find help. Many churches are looking for membership and will not help you unless you go through their unbiblical membership class. When once born again, we are brought into the apostolic Body called the Church! There is no membership. It is not a club. Many on the outside want help on the inside, then churches that are not apostolic have things that are not even in the Bible, like Church membership. When you try to do your thing alone, you are going in the wrong direction. But the church must have all things in common. It happens by the Spirit, not by someone's church membership class and vow; it is to Christ the head, and the Body follows the head. That's what makes a church. We must all have all things in common with the head of the church!
They said, "The church members should have all in common." No. They are taking the bible verse out of context. They are not even rooted in the Church but in a system, and they demand help. This is not how it works. In 1 Corinthians 2:15, we must discern all things. We must discern even the verses that people are using out there. There are many bringing confusion for not preaching Christ. The church of the book of Acts had all in common. God wants to take this place, but in a holy, righteous way! Many have become their own God. A lot of these people are all over social media trying to run, to go somewhere, but has God sent them?
AI is overflowing social media with fake videos, and people don't even know that they are not true. Satan is creeping into the church! Why do we need to have the fivefold ministers in the church? For the covering of the church! So many false doctrines. They are stealing the voice and changing the Words! In the book of Jeremiah 23:1, it warns those people who are scattering his sheep! Many people preach their encounters and write books about them. Paul just focuses on the heavenly vision! Now they have AI to deceive people with mostly dead preachers and demonically changing key facts that these ministers have never ever said!
So many people don't have one thing in common with the Body because they are not connected to the body of Christ! They don't have a church family that God may be able to help them to change or mature! Because of spiritual pride, jealousy, and self-indoctrination, they become an island! The pharisees and scribes did not know that God wants to make us His temple, but they are leading them to their own way and tradition, making people just like them (Matthew 23:14-16), but the heavenly vision is given to make us just like Christ! When we rebel against the Word of God, we are rebelling against Christ!
Let's break it down! Let's see what all things in common is all about! If there are none of these things that are spoken in the book of Acts, we do not want to be in common at all with them. Right now, it is impossible because the heart is full of greed or self-seeking agendas; these are those who only want to take. But resources and possessions were the manifestation of all these other things that they had in common! They were doing this where striving becomes reality. The world can be overthrown in a minute, and we think we have time. Do you know how hard it will be during the beast age?
Let's dig in! The primitive church was all in One accord. One vision, One Doctrine, One Truth, One Spirit, One Place, One Heart. This is the place God is taking us back to. One bad word to those who have an independent spirit: it is called order! Another word is submission!
But God will have order in the middle of chaos, of persecution, and of instability! Religion hates this. The devil cannot stop God's plan! This is where the spirits of Absalom and Korah (or Core) end up manifesting. Read Number 16. As Core said, "We all hear God;" we say things like these... "We all have the Holy Spirit", "The Holy Spirit is leading me"… But when we see their lives, we see that something is not right: hidden sin, rebellion, unrighteous ways, and compromise.
We all need to be under a covering! The gift of God has a heavenly vision purpose! When we are hurt and prideful, we have that mindset: "I will show them." In the Bible, there was no name to the church, but the churches were named by region, the church OF Ephesians, the church OF Smyrna, etc. The only time the name is important is when your name is written in the Book of Life. But today, we are forced to give a name to a group of believers who gather because of the reality of being in the world but not of it. So, we must name it by force, but our real Christian nature is not manifested just by a name, but it is only done by the blood and the Spirit of God that makes us a common place, a holy nation, a Body of Christ!
Many churches have different names, but all with different doctrines. They don't have all things in common. We cannot even be in one accord about rapture, salvation, etc. If we mention any of these things, there will immediately be a division. Many doctrines and very little in common! But there is only one Truth, and the only thing that will stop that Truth is pride. Yes. This is that which divides, conquers, and disqualifies us from knowing all Truth. Someone is wrong!
In Acts 2:36-47, they asked, "What shall we do to be saved?" There was one common thing that all should have done to be saved! There was one common thing that they all should have done to receive the Holy Spirit! “Since you have believed, have you received?” (Acts 19:2). Received what? The baptism of the Holy Spirit! If you have been positioned to receive it. Sincerity, clean heart. I am not coming to church with a hidden agenda, to get money, to get support for my own ministry, or to show you what gift I have that you need to back me up!
Verse 39 says, "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." We were mentioned who were afar, afar, afar, afar off! You can't be confused! Some say the gifts and the Holy Spirit are not for us anymore. The Word says different: It is for now and for all who will still come in! It is written. How would one not see? Because of pride that blinds them, indoctrination, as well as many other things that have crept in unaware, are bringing uncommon differences in our love feast!
People build their ministries upon these big points. We, as the church, don't have anything in common with them! A blind guide with the map (with the Bible in hand). The map was a strange thing for them because they did not have the Spirit to understand the map! Jesus - that living map - was standing before them and was in the pages as well, but they did not see Him. To be baptized by the Spirit is to be immersed in His water; you don't have to come up, you learn to breathe in as you are in His waters. You become one with His waters! The church should be like a sponge living in the river of God! In the book of Acts, that happened really fast because nobody was coming with ten different things, doctrines, and teachings!
"And the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls" (verse 41). See? Once there is one church, and there is no other place to go to, this is what happens: "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers" (verse 42). Fellowship with Him and with one another! But today we have two groups of community: the church group and the groups of family and friends! They can't mix. That is why we need fellowship with the Body! There are only two spirits at the end: the Spirit of Truth or the spirit of this age! The most important division is not right or left, but the division between these two spirits.
The Father would have never sent Jesus to the tax collector if there was not a true transformation in his life. God would never send Jesus just to hang out with the sinners. Some people take bible verses and distort them so they would not be accountable for their wicked ways! Sometimes we are not ready to go to a place, just like going back to our family. There will be a time to cut off soul ties! Familiar spirits cause us to go back to our old man!
"And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles" (verse 43). Signs and wonders should be the fear of the Lord, so they would have paid attention to the Gospel that had been preached! Paul got blinded as a warning from God for persecuting His church! A real sign of God showing him how blind and self-righteous he was. Religious spirits can make you blind. If they need those kinds of signs and wonders to keep the fear of the Lord in them, why do you think we won't need them right now?
"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." Verses 44-47
That was ONE CHURCH. Two people, called Ananias and Sapphira, pretended they had all things in common with the church, and they dropped dead (Acts 5:1-11). The Holy Spirit guides us into all Truth. There will be no division. Their Holy Spirit is not divided, nor are there two truths. Only one can be clean and free! But these renegades have a gift and an entitlement spirit. Everyone owes them. But nobody owes them anything, not even love. Always blame churches, people, and their situation! It's never them…Things like the landlord won't renew our lease! The problem of the pharisees and sadducees was Jesus, not them. Blame as: "The pastor does not like our ministry," "The city is dead, the church is dead in my city," "They are jealous of my gift," "They won't help us unless we are a member of their church." So, it's always something or someone else. This is how the religious spirit manifests: self-righteousness, unteachable, and always blaming others. They cannot see it's them! But the Word says, “I have never seen the righteous forsaken or His seed begging for bread” (Psalm 37:25). God cannot deny Himself.
God is raising His apostolic church where they all have all in common! Let's see the apostolic and order. Let's go to Acts 4:11-37. There is a stone, a head of the corner, that has been ignored and rejected! The preaching of The Truth won't be allowed among many. "And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus" (verse 18). If the church has not been hated, probably that is not the real church of Jesus Christ. The heavenly vision has to be what we have in common. It has to be the cry of this nation. It's easier to do what everyone wants you to do, but if you do, God will not support you, you will lose the anointing and the resources that should be used to fulfill the heavenly vision!
Do you know how many people come to visit us and go back to their own ways and report all they saw (verse 23)? These people don't testify of Him or us. But there are a people doing amazing things when they walk together! "By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 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." Verses 30-31
Look at them! They had all things in common! "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." Verse 32
How many were in the upper room? 120. They all preached! They all spoke in tongues! They all had all in common! None of them considered anything as their own. Two chapters later, great grace came upon them all. None of them lacked anything. The little boy gave to Jesus, Jesus gave to the disciples the gifts, and the people started to multiply. Everything in our hands is for us to be good stewards! So, we can multiply and hand it to His people. Not programs with no transformation. This Church in the Book of Acts was filled with power! 120 proclaiming the gospel! People started hearing the Church of Jesus Christ in their own language!
Think about this! Only 120 people! Not ministering one-on-one, they were just overflowing in tongues! A big noise! God took the noise of the Spirit of Him in man and translated, and they all heard the gospel in their own languages! Miracle! You cannot even know or recognize that it was tongues because they were hearing clearly from God, the founder of sounds! His Word did not return void! The sound! Satan has ministers of sound! But God is taking it back! It is not about the sound but the author of the sound! To the religious, that "sounds" chaotic! They were preaching with boldness! Mary was there! Many were there! Many promises will come suddenly! When we get soaked as a sponge in the Spirit, we shall be drenched in oil.
All things in common! In your heart, are all things in common? In your spirit, are all things in common? In your life, are all things in common? Today, lay all things down so we all can have all things in common. One communion. One bread. One Spirit. And when you are in this ONE, we have all things in common! Verse 35 says: "And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need." But let's forget about the feet of the apostles, and let's lay all down at the feet of the greatest apostle, Jesus Christ, the first among many and the Word that became flesh! So, the whole Body will never lack a thing, and we all will have all in common!
Shane W Roessiger
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