Acts 2:43-45 says “And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.” Acts 4:32 says they also had one heart: “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.” The word common in both passages comes from the word “koinos” meaning to share. It would seem that our English word ‘coin’ is similar in that there is an exchange of heart, a distribution, but in “koinos” there is a sharing through the love of the Spirit, a koinonia, a fellowship. This is the fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy in Ezekiel 11:17-20 which says “Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.” These statutes would be given by the Spirit of God, not from the Law of Moses; but from the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus!
-Anthony Booker
The GATHERING Place 