Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.
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… he fell down and breathed his last. Whoa. And great fear came upon all who heard it. The young man rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him. After an interval of about three hours. His wife came in not knowing what had happened. In verse 8, Peter said to her, tell me whether you sold the land for so much. Like you said you give it all. Is this what you sold it for? She said, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Like we're giving it all. That's how much. Peter said to her, how is it that you have agreed together to test 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. Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in and found her dead. They carried her out and buried her beside her husband. And great fear came upon the whole church and all who heard these things. I love verse 11. It's like great fear filled the church. Like, yeah, no kidding. Two funerals before the 1115 service let out. I think there would be some fear. I'm also like, could you imagine the Netflix documentary that get made from that? Like pastor kills two members of the church for not giving enough money. …
What is that about? Luke doesn't include every single story about the early church. Why did he choose to include this one? If there was any one that you were going to leave out, this would be the one not to include. Therefore, preachers 2,000 years ago wouldn't have to deal with it. Why would Luke include this? He's already shown struggles in the church, struggles from persecution outside the church, and he's shown how the victory has been given to the church. In Acts chapter 4, you actually come to the end of that and they've experienced persecution and they're having victory over that persecution. It's a triumphant moment. Why do we come to Acts chapter 5? Here's why I think Luke included this passage. The greatest hindrance to the advancement of the gospel will never be opposition from outside the church. The greatest hindrance to the advancement of the gospel will always be sin inside the church. And so Luke highlights this story for us to show us why we must guard against the impurity of the world and the church. …
What in the world is going on? Number one, number one is they lied about the price that they had sold their land for because they wanted to look good in front of people. Listen to me. When Peter said, didn't you sell the land for such and such? Isn't that what you're saying? It turned out that they were dishonest in what they were announcing. same. They sold it for a price, but they said that it was less than. Well, we sold it for $1,000. That's what we sold it for, really, $1,000. But we told you guys, the church, that we sold it for $500. So we're giving it all to God. You see that? They're keeping it. And nobody told them to sell their land. Nobody told them to do this. They lied. and the Bible says they lied to the Holy Spirit who is God and they dropped dead. Can you imagine the next time a person lies in church, they drop dead? You can park anywhere you want next week. …