YOU ARE MY KING/YOU ARE MY KING/AND CAN IT BEAND CAN IT BE

I’m forgiven because You were forsaken.I’m accepted, You were condemned.

I’m alive and well, Your Spirit is within meBecause You died and rose again.

Amazing love, how can it be That You, my King, should die for me?

Amazing love, I know it’s true;It’s my joy to honor You.In all I do, I honor You.

And can it be that I should gain

An interest in the Savior’s blood?

Died He for me, who caused His pain?

For me, who Him to death pursued?

Amazing love! How can it be

That Thou, my God, should die for me?

You are my King,

Jesus, You are my King.

ACTS 5:1-16ACTS 5:1-16HONOR AND DISHONOR HONOR AND DISHONOR

IN THE CHURCHIN THE CHURCH

Witnesses to the World

(Growing, Glowing, Going)

Rebellion in the Church (1–4)Rebellion in the Church (1–4)

A. Spiritual pretense (1-2)1. Publicly pretending to have given all the proceeds of the sale 2. Hypocrisy based on a desire for spiritual status

B. Spiritual perception (3-4)1. Sin revealed by the Holy Spirit2. Satanic inspiration of the couple’s action3. Individual responsibility for sin

Reaction to the Crime (5–11)Reaction to the Crime (5–11)

A. Swift punishment (5–10)1. God may choose to deal with sin severely.2. Peter explained the sin, but God executed the judgment.

B. Solemn purging (11)1. Fear in the church2. Fear in the city

Reputation in the City (12–16)Reputation in the City (12–16)

A. Purity (12b-14)1. Unified2. Magnified3. Multiplied

B. Power (12a, 15-16)1. Signs and wonders pointed people to spiritual truth.2. Signs and wonders confirmed the apostles’ claim as God’s messengers.3. Humanity craves for some physical contact with a spiritual God.4. The gospel started to spread geographically.

ASSIGNMENTASSIGNMENT

• Read, meditate on and study Acts 5:17-42.