One Accord
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2:1
As the disciples waited for the fulfillment of the promise, they humbled their hearts in true repentance and confessed their unbelief. As they called to remembrance the words that Christ had spoken to them before His death they understood more fully their meaning. Truths which had passed from their memory were again brought to their minds, and these they repeated to one another. They reproached themselves for their misapprehension of the Saviour. Like a procession, scene after scene of His wonderful life passed before them. As they meditated upon His pure, holy life they felt that no toil would be too hard, no sacrifice too great, if only they could bear witness in their lives to the loveliness of Christ's character. Oh, if they could but have the past three years to live over, they thought, how differently they would act! If they could only see the Master again, how earnestly they would strive to show Him how deeply they loved Him, and how sincerely they sorrowed for having ever grieved Him by a word or an act of unbelief! But they determined that, so far as possible, they would atone for their unbelief by bravely confessing Him before the world. (The Acts of the Apostles, 36)
Reflection: That same spirit of "one accord" has to be in place before we can be true witnesses for Christ. We have to stop the struggles among ourselves, even among our church family and be of one accord and finish the work.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2:1
As the disciples waited for the fulfillment of the promise, they humbled their hearts in true repentance and confessed their unbelief. As they called to remembrance the words that Christ had spoken to them before His death they understood more fully their meaning. Truths which had passed from their memory were again brought to their minds, and these they repeated to one another. They reproached themselves for their misapprehension of the Saviour. Like a procession, scene after scene of His wonderful life passed before them. As they meditated upon His pure, holy life they felt that no toil would be too hard, no sacrifice too great, if only they could bear witness in their lives to the loveliness of Christ's character. Oh, if they could but have the past three years to live over, they thought, how differently they would act! If they could only see the Master again, how earnestly they would strive to show Him how deeply they loved Him, and how sincerely they sorrowed for having ever grieved Him by a word or an act of unbelief! But they determined that, so far as possible, they would atone for their unbelief by bravely confessing Him before the world. (The Acts of the Apostles, 36)
Reflection: That same spirit of "one accord" has to be in place before we can be true witnesses for Christ. We have to stop the struggles among ourselves, even among our church family and be of one accord and finish the work.
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