Today's Favorite Verse: Acts 4:32, 34

Today's Favorite Verse: Acts 4:32, 34
"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.
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,"

The early saints lived a law of consecration and had all things in common. At the same time the saint in the America's did the same after the resurrected Jesus Christ appeared to them. So did the early saints of the restoration live a United Order and the law of consecration.

“And they had all things common among them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift."
(4 Nephi 1:2-3)

I have often wondered how it would feel to live like that? I've often thought that if it was instituted today we would see the sifting of the wheat and tares among us. The law of consecration is still among us. All that we have should be used for the building up of the kingdom of God on the earth. In some ways that is a harder law to live when no one is looking. I thought of a very simple example. My son had the calling of the ward bulletin each week. With it he needed to go to the chapel Sunday morning to print and prepare it for distribution. He decided he would consecrate the use of his printer, and I helped with toner and paper as a contribution to the ward. No one knew, no one ever asked why he wasn't at the chapel printing the bulletin from there. The bulletin just showed up. He never missed having the bulletin ready, even when we were sick we were able to leave it on the porch for someone else to pickup and take for us. That is a very simple way to take what we have and use it to build up the kingdom.

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