REMARKABLE HARMONY
07th Feb 2018
Acts 5:12 in The Messages says, “The apostles met regularly and in remarkable harmony on the Temple porch.” That phrase “remarkable harmony” is used to describe the wonderful unity and oneness of heart that was the hallmark of those early disciples. It produced amazing results, people came to living faith, the sick were healed, the devil was defeated, even Peter’s shadow released healing among the people.
Jesus instructed his disciples, as they shared the last supper together, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you so you must love one another. By this all men will know you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35) This quality of love produces a oneness of purpose and a quality of fellowship that is life transforming.
In his prayer recorded in John 17, Jesus says in verse 22, “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me ... to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you love me.”
Disunity and broken relationships in the body of Christ and in family life rob of power and undermine the effectiveness of our lives, which is the reason the devil is at all times trying to promote enmity in the family of God.
Now this unity and harmony is not possible to achieve by human effort or trying harder, it is only possible when we reach out for God’s power, by being filled with the Holy Spirit, and when the fruit of the Spirit is pouring out of our lives.
Let us examine our hearts and make sure that there is no-one in our church fellowship and natural family with whom we are not in complete unity and enjoying real fellowship. Reach out today and make sure that “remarkable harmony” surrounds your life like the early disciples.
That is why Paul wrote, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
by Charles Sibthorpe
