{"id":2141,"date":"2024-01-12T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T20:27:53","slug":"1-12-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/1-12-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Five | The Book of Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-0\">Acts 5<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Devotional by Jeremy Hamblen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Read Acts 5 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"aligncenter wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-b058165 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-b058165-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:12px !important;background-color:rgba(240,240,240,1) !important}.ugb-b058165-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper:before{background-color:#f0f0f0 !important}.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > h1,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > h2,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > h3,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > h4,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > h5,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > h6{color:#222222}.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > p,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > ol li,.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper > ul li{color:#222222}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-b058165-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-b058165-wrapper ugb--shadow-3\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-b058165-content-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acts 5<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ananias and Sapphira<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5&nbsp;<\/strong>But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>and with his wife&#8217;s knowledge&nbsp;he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and&nbsp;laid it at the apostles&#8217; feet.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>But Peter said, \u201cAnanias, why has&nbsp;Satan filled your heart to lie&nbsp;to the Holy Spirit and&nbsp;to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but&nbsp;to God.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>When Ananias heard these words, he&nbsp;fell down and breathed his last. And&nbsp;great fear came upon all who heard of it.&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>The young men rose and&nbsp;wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>And Peter said to her, \u201cTell me whether you&nbsp;sold the land for so much.\u201d And she said, \u201cYes, for so much.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>But Peter said to her, \u201cHow is it that you have agreed together&nbsp;to test&nbsp;the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Many Signs and Wonders Done<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people&nbsp;by the hands of the apostles. And they were all&nbsp;together in&nbsp;Solomon&#8217;s Portico.&nbsp;<sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>None of the rest dared join them, but&nbsp;the people held them in high esteem.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>so that they even&nbsp;carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by&nbsp;at least his shadow might fall on some of them.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem,&nbsp;bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Apostles Arrested and Freed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of&nbsp;the Sadducees), and filled with&nbsp;jealousy&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>they arrested the apostles and&nbsp;put them in the public prison.&nbsp;<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>But during the night&nbsp;an angel of the Lord&nbsp;opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cGo and stand in the temple and speak to the people all&nbsp;the words of&nbsp;this&nbsp;Life.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>And when they heard this,&nbsp;they entered the temple&nbsp;at daybreak and began to teach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cWe found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>Now when&nbsp;the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>And someone came and told them, \u201cLook! The men whom you put in prison&nbsp;are standing in the temple and teaching the people.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>Then&nbsp;the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for&nbsp;they were afraid of being stoned by the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,&nbsp;<sup>28&nbsp;<\/sup>saying,&nbsp;\u201cWe strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you&nbsp;intend to bring this man&#8217;s blood upon us.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>29&nbsp;<\/sup>But Peter and the apostles answered,&nbsp;\u201cWe must obey God rather than men.&nbsp;<sup>30&nbsp;<\/sup>The God of our fathers&nbsp;raised Jesus,&nbsp;whom you killed by hanging him on&nbsp;a tree.&nbsp;<sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup>God exalted&nbsp;him at his right hand as&nbsp;Leader and&nbsp;Savior,&nbsp;to give&nbsp;repentance to Israel and&nbsp;forgiveness of sins.&nbsp;<sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;we are witnesses to these things, and&nbsp;so is the Holy Spirit,&nbsp;whom God has given to those who obey him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>33&nbsp;<\/sup>When they heard this, they&nbsp;were enraged and wanted to kill them.&nbsp;<sup>34&nbsp;<\/sup>But a Pharisee in the council named&nbsp;Gamaliel,&nbsp;a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.&nbsp;<sup>35&nbsp;<\/sup>And he said to them, \u201cMen of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.&nbsp;<sup>36&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;before these days Theudas rose up,&nbsp;claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.&nbsp;<sup>37&nbsp;<\/sup>After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of&nbsp;the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.&nbsp;<sup>38&nbsp;<\/sup>So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for&nbsp;if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail;&nbsp;<sup>39&nbsp;<\/sup>but&nbsp;if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You&nbsp;might even be found opposing God!\u201d So they took his advice,&nbsp;<sup>40&nbsp;<\/sup>and&nbsp;when they had called in the apostles,&nbsp;they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.&nbsp;<sup>41&nbsp;<\/sup>Then they left the presence of the council,&nbsp;rejoicing that they were counted worthy&nbsp;to suffer dishonor for&nbsp;the name.&nbsp;<sup>42&nbsp;<\/sup>And every day,&nbsp;in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and&nbsp;preaching&nbsp;that the Christ is Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;font-size:12px\">Scripture quotations are from the ESV\u00ae Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version\u00ae), copyright \u00a9 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Devotional<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">If chapter four had you thinking that starting a church was all sunshine and butterflies, today\u2019s reading is here with a few raindrops and wasps to put your feet back on the ground. The startling events of Acts five display God\u2019s uncompromising holiness while also unveiling his unmatched power for advancing the gospel despite opposition. In solemn fashion, the pretentious offering of Ananias and Sapphira provokes immediate judgment for hypocrisy within the fledgling church. Such piercing standards of purity protect the integrity of God\u2019s community, eliciting profound fearful reverence from the believers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Alongside this sober warning emerges a profound witness to God\u2019s strength permeating his people against external resistance and persecution. The apostles\u2019 return to public ministry following their miraculous liberation from prison demonstrates an unwavering commitment to kingdom priorities fueled by the Spirit\u2019s presence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Both episodes reveal key facets of God\u2019s dealings with his church. He refuses to abide deceit and pride hindering the gospel, but neither will any earthly power impede the work of his faithful messengers empowered by his Spirit. Where Ananias and Sapphira\u2019s cautionary tale leads us to inward honesty and integrity before God and our community, the apostles\u2019 bold witness encourages us to remember that the same Holy Spirit who ushers in fearful awe of the Lord also ushers in fearless testimony to Christ\u2019s supremacy over all competing authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><strong><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Do we serve God and others from pure hearts or for public praise? How can we tell the difference, and how does this impact our ability to rely on his power to courageously advance God\u2019s work amidst opposition and uncertainty?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-f0575d6 ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-f0575d6 hr.ugb-divider__hr{background-color:#dddddd !important;height:1px !important;width:50% !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}.ugb-f0575d6 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr class=\"ugb-divider__hr\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If chapter four had you thinking that starting a church was all sunshine and butterflies, today\u2019s reading is here with a few raindrops and wasps to put your feet back on the ground. 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