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"• Lesson 6 (Acts 4:32-5:11) •""Of One Heart and Soul""In Acts 4:32-5:11 our attention is briefly turned from the courageous""work of the apostles to the fruit of their labor inJerusalem that is evident in the sincere devotion of a multitude of new believers. God was powerfully at work in transforming thousands of individual lives into an extraordinary fello;wship. These new Christ-followers were united, compassionate, unselfish, and generous. They were a living testimony to the truth of Jesus' promise: ""By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one""another"" (John 13:35). Sadly, however, not all acted out of sincerity and the time quickly came for sin to be forcefully nipped in the bud. A deadly combination of greed and craving for the praise of men gave birth to sin, the swift consequences of which struck fear into the hearts of all who heard of it."". Faith Demonstrated by Works""Luke begins this section of his orderly account with a beautiful description of a�thentic unity.""Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. (Acts 4:32)"". ::::> Practically speaking, what does it mean to be ""of one heart and soul""?""::::> How had this ""full number of those who believed"" been""transformed to the point of being ""one heart and soul""?""::::> Were these people a living fulfillment of Jesus' prayer in John""17:20-21? If so, in what way, and how were their lives a powerful witness to the fact that Jesus had in fact been sent by the Father?"