Of One Heart And Of One Soul - One Accord Bible Study

What does it mean to be of one heart and one soul? In Acts 4:32 the Bible says, “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” (Acts 4:32). What does this mean? Today, I will explore this! I'm Leroy A. Daley of "Blogging About The WORD". My website is www.atotheword.com. Subscribe to my channel https://studio.youtube.com/video/BPYsJNxT9n8/edit?sub_confirmation=1 I teach Christians how to better understand the Bible using Bible Studies. I utilize the Holy Bible as my sole authority for all my Bible studies. “For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little” (Isaiah 28:10). FREE COURSE BY EMAIL https://www.atotheword.com/free-email-course-christian-fasting/ My Blog:- https://www.atotheword.com Join the conversation:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/@leroydaley Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/LadBATW https://www.facebook.com/leroy.a.daley Books by Leroy A. Daley "Living Soul: In The Image of God" https://amzn.to/2A2BJFJ "The Golden Candlestick: The Seven Spirits of God" https://amzn.to/380aMiz We have been traversing the New Testament through this Book of Acts Bible Study. In the last Bible Study, we looked at how the Apostles prayed. Immediately after their prayer, the Lord showed them in a very unique manner that He heard and approved their petitions. Today, we are at Acts 4 verse 32 and we will investigate what the Bible means by the Christians were of one heart and of one soul. “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” (Acts 4:32). In this Bible Study, I want to focus on the first phrase in Acts 4:32. Namely, “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul” (Acts 4:32). The state of one heart and of one soul is a feature of Believers in Jesus Christ. It’s a phenomenon of Christians! As a result, note that the Bible says, “And the multitude of them that believed” (Acts 4:32). This is not a state or a feature of the nations of the world but of the Church of Jesus Christ. So, to understand what the Bible means by one heart we will go to 1 Chronicles 12:38. It reads, “All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king” (1 Chronicles 12:38). From this Scripture, we come to understand that to be of one heart means to be of a perfect heart. Therefore, a perfect heart is a fixed heart. It is steadfast. It’s not wavering or doubting but convinced. Thus, to be of one heart is to be on one accord. However, the heart (or the spirit) for that’s another name for the heart, and the soul are always in disagreement. We observe this when your spirit prompts you to pray now. But, instantly your soul will oppose this desire. Its objection will manifest in an urgent need to accomplish some mundane task. For example, you need to call some important person that you should have called now. This is one of the major reasons Christians fast, to subdue and control the soul. I did a Bible study on this and will leave a link to it in the description below. As a result, our souls and spirits are always at war with each other until we learn to afflict and control our souls. Eventually, when we attain to the state of one heart and of one soul, we could only accomplish this by the working of the Holy Ghost. God must intervene for us to get there. He says, “Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord” (2 Chronicles 30:12). “And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:” (Jeremiah 32:39). “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:” (Ezekiel 11:19). As a result, the Lord intervened in the First Century Church. Since then we note that all the Believers in Acts Chapters One to four were all on one accord. “These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren” (Acts 1:14). “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1). “And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,” (Acts 2:46). “And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, ...