What did the believers in Acts 2:44 do with their possessions?
They sold all their individual goods, cashed in CDs, sold real estate, sold cars, and sold everything they owned, then put it into a common kitty. Acts 2:44 presents this as their plain practice: they shared their possessions collectively rather than retaining private ownership.
Les teaches that in Acts 2:44 the early believers sold all their individual goods, cashed in their CDs, sold their real estate, sold their cars, and sold everything they owned, putting it all into a common kitty. He emphasizes that this is exactly what they did, plain as day, and notes that in all his years of teaching he has never run across a group of believers who practice this. He asks whether the reader's church does it. This follows their fellowship, breaking of bread, eating together, and prayer, with fear upon every soul and many wonders and signs done by the apostles, an extension of Christ's earthly ministry through the Spirit's power.
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
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How does the selling of possessions in Acts 2:44 challenge the view that Acts 2 describes the church?
In Acts 2:44, the believers sold all their individual possessions and pooled the money into a common kitty, but Les has never encountered any group of believers in 24 years of teaching that practices this, leading him to challenge: if you think Acts 2 is a church chapter, does your church do this?