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What Does One Accord Mean? (Acts 2:1)
A young preacher just became the new pastor. His first Sunday morning sermon was received with admiration and joy. But things became curious when he preached that very same sermons the second Sunday morning of his young pastorate. But when he preached that same sermon the third time in a row, the deacons called a meeting. They asked him why he would do that and he answered, “When the church begins to do the first sermon I preached, then I will preach a second one.” Although I would never do that, I do understand the sentiment. I feel that way about this sermon, as we are getting into the series on Acts 2. If we don’t get this down, there’s no real reason to go to another one. This is the reason Acts 2 happened. The Spirit would not have been poured out upon these people if they were not in “one accord.”
A dairy farmer father had a teen son who asked him for a three-wheeler, before the advent of the four-wheeler. The dad asked him why, what he intended to do with it, and he replied just to have fun with his friends who already had one. Dad said no! A week or two later the son comes back with the same request. “What do you want to do with it?” He replied, “I can go to the store on it, ride through the countryside, stuff like that.” No! Another week went by and the boy came with the same request. Why? The wise boy answered, “I can use it to round up the cows and go out and fix fences and move hay around the farm.” The dad said, “Ok, now you can have it.” The dad was wanting him to have the three-wheeler, but for the right reason. He wasn’t going to get it until he realized why he needed it.
The powerful and wonderful baptism with the Spirit was to be given to make them witnesses for Christ, as stated in Acts 1:8, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be My witnesses all over the world.” If we don’t connect with the mission of Christ, we will not get the power of Christ, for the purpose of power is to carry out the mission. We must get this down.
The very first thing we notice when we enter Acts 2 is what the inspired writer said in the first sentence: “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come they were all with one accord in one place.” One accord means in unison. It has to do with the way they were thinking. They all had the same thing on their minds. There’s great power in a people who are of one mind; there wouldn’t be any more church arguments and splits. Without one vision we have di-vision.
The all together in one place at one time shows a major difference between this Model Church and the typical Modern Church. This must be recognized if we are to be the kind of church God wants us to be, and have Him put His Sprit upon and accomplish the mission Jesus gave the church. These people were all together at one place at the same time with the same thing on their mind because they all had their priorities right. Many believers today don’t have the same priority these disciples had; they are not committed to the mission of Christ in their neighborhood, much less the world. We are not committed to the missi
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