Acts - The Unstoppable Church - Acts 5-6:7

Homiletics                                             Study – Acts & Letter of Apostles

Lesson     4                                             Passage: Acts 5-6:7

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Honesty with God – Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11) a. Ananias unfaithful lie (1-2) b. Ananias confronted in lie (3-4) c. Ananias dies and is buried (5-6) d. Sapphira confronted in sin and lie’s (7-9) e. Sapphira’s death brings fear to the church (10-11)

Honest Faith – Crowds gather and Leaders challenge (Acts 5:12-42) a. Apostles signs and wonders bring belief and acts of faith (12- 16) b. Peter and John questioned  (5-7) c. Peter responds boldly explaining  salvation in only Jesus (8-12) d. Conferring priests and elders command Peter and John not to speak or teach Jesus (13-22)

Honest Faithfulness – Faithful ministry delegation (Acts 6:1-7) a. Daily distribution of food overlooked Hellenistic Jewish widows (1) b.  Twelve gathered to discuss delegation of food ministry to seven faithful men (2-4) c. Seven selected and blessed with prayer and laying on of hands (5-6) d. Number of disciples increased and large number of priests became obedient to the faith (7)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Honesty with God – Ananias and Sapphira	Acts 5:1-11
Honest Faith – Crowds gather and Leaders challenge	Acts 5:12-42
Honest Faithfulness – Faithful ministry delegation	Acts 6:1-7

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Honesty to God and ministry challenged as church is blessed

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATL that faithfulness to God requires wholehearted commitment to ministry He has given us.

Specific Application Questions

1	Where are you NOT being honest to God in your faith walk?
2	When challenged in your faith, how is your boldness for Christ demonstrated? What needs to change to become more bold in your faith walk?
3	What distracts you from ministry?  How is God calling you to be more faithful?

Principles to Remember

1	God knows our heart
2	We are called to be bold witnesses of  Jesus
3	We aren’t called to do everything; just what we are called to do faithfully

Characteristic of God

Our Guide

Theme 

Honesty to living out our faith is attractive to God and attracts followers.

God’s Word  - What’s happening?

God’s Heart – What does God care about?

Today’s World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?