1. YOU ARE MY KING/ AND 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 me Because 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.

2. 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.

3. ACTS 5:1-16 HONOR AND DISHONOR IN THE CHURCH Witnesses to the World (Growing, Glowing, Going)

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 Spirit 2. Satanic inspiration of the couple’s action 3. Individual responsibility for sin

5. 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 church 2. Fear in the city

6. Reputation in the City (12–16) A. Purity (12b-14) 1. Unified 2. Magnified 3. 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.

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