Acts 4:32–5:11 – 24th October, 2020
Observation
What does it say?
- Read Acts 4:32–5:11
- What ideas/words/phrases are repeated?
- Who is mentioned?
- What does Luke tell us about Barnabas?
- What does Luke tell us about Ananias and Sapphira?
- What are the contrasts/comparisons?
- What words are used to describe the community of believers in 4:32–35?
- What questions are asked?
- What are the answers to those questions?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- What sin did Ananias and Sapphira commit?
- How did Peter confront Ananias?
- What happened to Ananias and why?
- What was the result upon the church?
- How did Peter confront Ananias' wife?
- What are the differences between confrontations?
- What happened to Sapphira and why?
- What was the result upon the church?
- How is this passage grounded in the gospel?
- What is the main point of this passage?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- How are you tempted to look generous to others while you're not being generous in your heart?
- How should we respond when secret sin is revealed in the church?
- What motivated Barnabas and the other believers to give in the right manner?
- How can we protect our church from secret sin?
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Acts 4:32–5:11 – 24th October, 2020
Observation
What does it say?
- Read Acts 4:32–5:11
- What ideas/words/phrases are repeated?
- Who is mentioned?
- What does Luke tell us about Barnabas?
- What does Luke tell us about Ananias and Sapphira?
- What are the contrasts/comparisons?
- What words are used to describe the community of believers in 4:32–35?
- What questions are asked?
- What are the answers to those questions?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- What sin did Ananias and Sapphira commit?
- How did Peter confront Ananias?
- What happened to Ananias and why?
- What was the result upon the church?
- How did Peter confront Ananias' wife?
- What are the differences between confrontations?
- What happened to Sapphira and why?
- What was the result upon the church?
- How is this passage grounded in the gospel?
- What is the main point of this passage?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- How are you tempted to look generous to others while you're not being generous in your heart?
- How should we respond when secret sin is revealed in the church?
- What motivated Barnabas and the other believers to give in the right manner?
- How can we protect our church from secret sin?