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All Things in Common
One of the fruits of a changed heart is a relinquishing of selfish feelings of ownership. "Mine" is replaced by "ours," with a recognition that all good things come from God. A good example of this is found in Acts regarding the post-Pentecost company of believers.
"...And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 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 4:31,32.)
Man-made attempts to introduce equality into society are usually coercive and impose unnatural situations on people. Those who are industrious have their incentive reduced through the burden of taxation, and those who will not work are given a dole which only perpetuates their unproductivity.
Equality cannot be forced from without. It has to come from within. That is why the only way a society of people can arise in which all things are held in common without producing the envy, greed, pride, oppression, is if there is a mighty change within each heart of those involved. Then, and only then, will we have Zion. Implementing the fullness of the gospel is therefore a necessary and sufficient prerequisite to the establishment of the kingdom of God on the earth.
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