That Degree of Unselfishness 4/5 Tuesday Truth

The greatest manifestation of the Holy Ghost-baptized life ever given to the world was not in the preaching of the apostles; it was not in the wonderful manifestation of God that took place at their hands.  It was in the unselfishness manifested by the Church.  Think of it!  Three thousand Holy Ghost-baptized Christians in Jerusalem from the Day of Pentecost onward, who love their neighbor's children as much as their own, who were so anxious for fear their brethren did not have enough to eat that they sold their estates and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.  They said, "Distribute it, carry the glow and the fire and the wonder of this divine salvation to the whole world."  (See Acts 2:44-45). That showed what God has wrought in their hearts.  Oh, I wish we could arrive at that place, where this church was baptized in that degree of unselfishness. 

--John G. Lake