Sermon Notes for December 4, 2022

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Acts 4:32-5:16

Intro and review: Ch.2-4 reveal to us how the early church was fulfilling God’s desire that they be His witnesses in the following ways.

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If we fail to

what we are learning in Acts into our lives then it merely becomes a history lesson.

4:32-37 - Unity of fellowship expressed by sharing in common with each other.

Jesus prayed that believers would be

_ just like He and the Father were, so that the world would believe that God had sent His Son. Jn. 17:21

Barnabas becomes the example of this expression of unity.

5:1-10 - Ananias and Sapphira’s attempt to deceive.

Struggling with selfishness and a character of self-centeredness.

v. 11 - What kind of fear does this elicit? - 1 Jn. 4:18.

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