Acts 5
v.3
then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?
v.9
Peter said to her, “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
See more in holiness.
v.11
Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.
This is the first use of the word church in the Book of Acts. “The Christian ekklesia was both new and old – new, because of its relation and witness to Jesus as Lord and to the epoch-making events of his death exaltation and the sending of the Spirit; old, as the continuation of the ‘congregation of the Lord’ which had formerly been confined within the limits of one nation, but now, having died and risen with Christ, was to be open to all believers without distinction.” (Bruce)
v.13
No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by te people.
The community of Christians had a marvelous reputation for integrity, and everybody knew it was a serious thing to be a follower of Jesus.
v.15
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
v.29
Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than men!
v.32
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
v.39
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”
v.41
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
v.42
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
Since the early church, the good news was never solely confined to the church’s gathering place. It was taught in homes—day after day. Lord, make this normal again.