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“Filled With Holy Spirit”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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16. How did first-century Christians show a self-sacrificing spirit?
16 Jehovah’s blessing was certainly on that group. The account relates: “All those who became believers were together and had everything in common, and they were selling their possessions and properties and distributing the proceeds to all, according to what each one needed.”f (Acts 2:44, 45) Surely all true Christians want to imitate that loving, self-sacrificing spirit.
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“Filled With Holy Spirit”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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f This temporary arrangement filled the need that arose because visitors remained in Jerusalem to take in further spiritual enlightenment. This was a voluntary sharing and is not to be confused with some form of communism.—Acts 5:1-4.
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