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Christian Theology
Opening Prayer (5 Minutes)
Example (5 Minutes)
Old Testament Law and New Testament Grace
Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5: 1-11
If God is gracious and Ananias and Sapphira are Christians, why would He kill them for lying to the Spirit?
I thought we were living in the age of grace.
Isn’t the New Testament full of God’s grace?
When I give to the Church, how do I know what to give without coming under God’s judgment?
Many people are taken aback when they read this account of God sending a reckoning to Ananias and Sapphira.
What is different about the sin the of Ananias and Sapphira from sins Christians commit?
God seems to react so harshly and definitely to sin in this instance.
But there is at least one other instance of God reacted harshly to sin through Paul.
Paul is told about a young man in the Corinthian church who is having sexual relations with his mother-in-law (1 Corinthians 5).
That situation is redeemed in 2 Corinthians 2:5-11.
Peter reacts in a similar way to Simon the Sorcerer in Acts 8 when he tries to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Sins against the Holy Spirit’s Person seem to be judged more harshly in the New Testament.
From lying to the Holy Spirit here in Acts 5 to Simon the Sorcerer’s crude attempt to buy the ability of the Holy Spirit to the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit God judges attacks on His Spirit with finality.
So it’s not just that Christians sinned against God.
It is that they sinned against the Holy Spirit in inexcusable ways.
This is why Paul warns us not to grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30) or quench the Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:19).
God takes very seriously attacks on the Holy Spirit.
Questions about Verses, Passages, and Concepts (10 Minutes)
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Application (15 Minutes)
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