What does First B Jackson teach about one accord?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on one accord starts with a Greek word: *homothumadon*, an adverb woven through the book of Acts that means something like "according to one passion" or "with one impulse." The word shows up ten times in Acts and once in Romans 15, and the teaching treats those occurrences as Luke's intentional thread through the whole story of the early church. The earliest believers gathered in the upper room before Pentecost and prayed with one mind, and that same quality of shared orientation toward God carried through their daily worship in the temple, their shared meals, and the mutual care that drew people to them in growing numbers.
But one of the most important things the teaching makes clear is that the word is not always a compliment. The crowd that rushed at Stephen to stone him was moving *homothumadon* too. The riot in Ephesus, the political flattery aimed at Herod by the people of Tyre and Sidon, the Jews rising against Paul in Corinth, all of those are the same word. Being unified does not make a group right. The word describes a fact about how people are moving together, not a verdict on whether they are moving in the right direction. That distinction is central to what is taught here.
The Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 stands out as the clearest picture of unity anchored to something real. Genuine conflict was on the table about what Gentile believers were required to take on from Jewish law, and the elders worked through it together, reasoned from scripture together, and wrote a letter saying it seemed good to them and to the Holy Spirit. No dramatic sign from heaven, just people called into one family doing the hard work of thinking and praying together. Romans 15:5-6 holds the same idea: God is the one who grants believers to be of one mind, and the end of it is that they glorify God together with one voice. The teaching at First B Jackson holds that this kind of unity is both a gift and a pattern worth living into.
Taught from Acts 1:13-14 · Acts 2:43-47 · Acts 15:24-29 · Acts 7:54-60 · Romans 15:5-6
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 11
1 Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- September 7, 2025 With One Mind: A Word Study Through Acts A word study through the book of Acts traces every use of "homothumedon," the Greek word for one accord, asking what true unity in Christ looks like.
- September 7, 2025 With One Mind The pastor traces the Greek word homothumadon through Acts, showing how a church unified around Christ looks different from every other kind of unanimity.
- September 7, 2025 Unity Is Confusing for the World and Very Attractive A Wyoming congregation studies the Greek word "homothymodon" through Acts, exploring what it means to pursue genuine unity rooted in Christ rather than mere agreement.