ACTS 2: 42\u00a0They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers. 43Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.<\/b>44All who believed were together and had all things in common;<\/b>45they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one\u2019s need. 46Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart, 47praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. ACTS 4: 32The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. 33With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all.34\u00a0There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, 35 and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need.\u00a036\u00a0Thus Joseph, also named by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated \u201cson of encouragement\u201d), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth, 37sold a piece of property tat he owned, then brought the money and put it at the feet of the apostles.<\/p>\n
Establishing Authority<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
II CORINTHIANS 10:\u00a0\u00a0 3For, although we are in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh, 4for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments 5and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive in obedience to Christ, 6and we are ready to punish every disobedience, once your obedience is complete. 7\u00a0Look at what confronts you. Whoever is confident of belonging to Christ should consider that as he belongs to Christ, so do we. \u00a08\u00a0And even if I should boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I shall not be put to shame.9\u00a0May I not seem as one frightening you through letters. 10For someone will say, \u201cHis letters are severe and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.\u201d11Such a person must understand that what we are in word through letters when absent, that we also are in action when present.<\/p>\n
Dangers to the Movement<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
II CORINTHIANS 11:\u00a0 12And what I do I will continue to do, in order to end this pretext of those who seek a pretext for being regarded as we are in the mission of which they boast.13\u00a0For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, who masquerade as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. 15So it is not strange that his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. ACTS 15:\u00a0 23This is the letter delivered by them: \u201cThe apostles and the presbyters, your brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia of Gentile origin: greetings.24Since we have heard that some of our number [who went out] without any mandate from us have upset you with their teachings and disturbed your peace of mind,25we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. II CORINTHIANS 12:\u00a0 20 For I fear that\u00a0when I come I may find you not such as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; that there may be rivalry, jealousy, fury, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.<\/p>\n
Laws and Institutions<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
ROMANS 7:\u00a0 1Are you unaware, brothers (for I am speaking to people who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over one as long as one lives? 2Thus a married woman is bound by law to her living husband; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law in respect to her husband. Consequently, while her husband is alive she will be called an adulteress if she consorts with another man. But if her husband dies she is free from that law, and she is not an adulteress if she consorts with another man. 4In the same way, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead in order that we might bear fruit for God.5For when we were in the flesh, our sinful passions, awakened by the law, worked in our members to bear fruit for death.6But now we are released from the law, dead to what held us captive, so that we may serve in the newness of the spirit and not under the obsolete letter.<\/p>\n
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Apostle Paul: \u00a0Hard at Work<\/p>\n
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