What problem do many churches today have that the early Jerusalem church did not have?
Many congregations today experience division and controversy of various kinds, but the early Jerusalem church did not. Scripture describes that multitude of believers as being of one heart and one soul, united in mind and purpose, with all things common.
Les explains that the early Jerusalem church was of one heart and one soul, and this group did not have the problem of division. He contrasts that with churches today, noting he receives many phone calls from people whose churches are dividing and in controversy of one sort or another. The Jerusalem believers also had all things common: they sold their possessions and goods and parceled them out as every man had need. Neither did any of them claim that what he possessed was his own, and great grace was upon them.
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.
More Questions
Did the early church have division problems like churches today?
The early Jerusalem church in Acts 4 was unified—of one heart and one soul—and did not have the divisions and controversies that many churches today experience.
What was the unity of the early Jerusalem church in Acts 4:32?
The multitude of believers in Acts 4:32 were of one heart and one soul/mind.