Acts 5
January 29th, 2010 by Vic“Don’t play games with God!”
January 31, 2010
The apostles’ story continues in Acts 5. The first deceit in the church was attempted by Ananias and Sapphira. Peter states the seriousness of trying to fool God then gets arrested and preaches his 5th sermon, “We must obey God rather than men.” Gamaliel, a highly respected Pharisee, prevents another crucifixion by trying to be reasonable without making a decision about Jesus. And the apostles keep preaching.
Chapter 4 ended with Barnabas selling some property and bringing the proceeds to the apostles for distribution. The Christians were sharing and taking care of one another. God was doing a new thing among His people and Satan was ticked. He had tried to destroy the Messiah by using the jealousy of the Jewish leaders, but God overruled. He tried persecuting the apostles by using the jealousy of the Jewish leaders, but the apostles just kept declaring the resurrection of Jesus. The Christians were the talk of the town. Solomon’s porch was the ‘in place’ to be seen.





