Sermon Tone Analysis

TITLE:  Watch out for sin in the church

TEXT:  5:1-16

Objective:  We must realize we are in a continual battle for the life of the church.

Our arch enemy, satan will try to bring persecution from without and sin within.

Both must be dealt with properly.

1.

Communion:

1.  Self examination

2.  Bread

3.  Cup

 

2.

Worship Team—“Oh, Lord You’re Beautiful”

 

3.

Read Acts 5:1-16

 

4.

How does satan work in your life and in our church

 

5.

What does God say about satan?

      a.

liar

      b.

thief

      c.

contrast between Jesus and satan.

John 10:10 ESV The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

6.

satan’s deception

      a.

Deception within

      b.

Persecution without

 

I.

The church community  Acts 4:32‑37

 

A.

Taking care of one another

 

1.

Meeting financial needs

 

2.

Meeting the needs of food, clothing, shelter

 

B.

Taking care of encouragement needs.

v.

36

 

C.

Result of taking care of one another  v.

33

 

1.

Great Grace was upon them all

 

2.

There was no lacking

 

3.

People were greatly encouraged

 

II.

What Deception is in your life?

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Here we see Satan operating as the serpent, using believers within the assembly to hinder the work of the Lord.

A.

Their deception (vv.

1–2).

1.

Reputation and pride

 

            a.

Others brought in their donations

            b.

Jealousy—Others are getting praised

 

      2.

They could have given that amount.

3.

What was their sin?

a.

Hypocrisy—trying to appear more spiritual than they were

            b.

Pride—Wanting credit for more than they were willing to give

            c.

Wanting others to see them as spiritual

 

      4.

We can get by with it?

Choices have consequences

 

B.

The Leader’s discovery (vv.

3–4).

1.

Spiritual discernment

            a.

Being able to see through fluff

            b.

Peter obeying God

Matthew 16:19 ESV “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

2.

Nothing had been mentioned openly

 

            a.

Sin starts in the heart

 

            b.

James 1:14-16 ESV 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

c.

Luke 6:45 ESV The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

3.

They had lied to the Holy Spirit—to the church

 

C.

The deaths (vv.

5–11).

1.

Not normal church discipline

            a.

Pastor and church investigate a matter

            b.

Give opportunity for repentance and forgiveness

            c.

seek to restore the erring ones

 

      2.

Leaders spoke out

            a.

Peter spoke directly to him

            b.

He died on the spot

            3.

Compare with the sin of Achan

                  a.  after Jericho

                  b.  Hid his sin

                  c.

What did Achan steal

           

Joshua 7:20-21 ESV 20 And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them.

And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”