"All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds[b] to all, as any had need. "(Acts 2:44-45)
Many times I hear people telling me about how they live a "biblically based" lifestyle. I then point out passages like this one and the crickets take over.
Realistically in our country this rarely works. Communes do happen, but anything that smells of communism doesn't. And this frankly seems to be communism at its purest.
Most of us cannot fathom selling all our possessions and distributing to all who had need. I think this is partially because we fear being in need ourselves. Also we've become to cynical about people who receive aid really needing it or not.
But the early church had no such concerns. Of course they were also a smaller group then now. But our voracious need for things and a fierce independent streak, make this almost impossible.
Too bad really. I think not keeping up with the economic, materialistic rat race might be a relief.
Blessings,
Ed
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