Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net
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From: Apostle Tom <pressingon@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:52:19 -0500
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Subject: Morning Manna (Mar. 30); BP: Acts 1:12-14; RBTTY: Lk. 5:17-39;
March 30 “In One Accord”
“And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon Zelotes and Judas, the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.”
Acts 1:13-14
Until we’re “one in the bond of love,” we’ll continue in the bondage of sin, division and discord.
Only Jesus could have taken a handful of men. . .of differing temperaments and personality types. . .and transformed them into a powerhouse group who’d later be accused of “turning the world upside down” (Acts 17:6).
In reality, the world was already upside down and they were simply trying to turn it right-side up! Sin has a way of defacing, disfiguring, deforming and destroying—but God specializes in “wrecks rebuilt” and bringing unity where dissension and discord once existed.
Think of it:
The night of Jesus’ betrayal and arrest, all of the disciples “forsook Him and fled” (Mt. 26:56). It was “every man for himself”. . .their version of “Survival of the Fleetest” . . .which, basically, made them just as guilty of betrayal as Judas and Peter.
Even so, the Lord Jesus still came back to them after the Resurrection and commissioned them to “go into all the world and make disciples” (Mt. 28:18-20; Acts 1:8). But, this would not happen until “the Holy Spirit came upon them” (Acts 1:8a), which would not happen until the Heavenly Father was ready to send Him (Acts 1:4).
So into the upper room they went to “wait, watch and pray.” They had no way of knowing the “fire would fall and the glory would fill” (II Chron. 7:1) on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:14). They simply had to “continue in prayer and supplication.”
Wouldn’t you have loved to have been in that prayer meeting, Pilgrim? Wouldn’t you have loved to hear what they had to say and experience the fellowship they enjoyed? Glory!
No doubt during those times when they weren’t on their knees or faces before the Lord, they reminisced about what had transpired the past 40 days. Perhaps Mary, Jesus’ mother, reflected fondly on having watched Jesus grow up. . .the day He was born in
Yes, the fellowship and prayer times must have been sweet since they were “in one accord”—i.e., “on the same page.” They didn’t know what was coming, but they knew it would be good. And, 10 days later they’d not be disappointed. Hallelujah!!
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