Deeper Commitments44

Acts 5

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Speaker Rev. TAN YONG HENG
Sermon Date 2012-01-29

Godly Fear (5:11)
Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

    - Spiritual Deception (5:3)
    - Personal Willingness (5:4a)
    - Recognition of God (5:4b)
“Christ is the head of this house, the unseen guest at every meal, the silent listener to every conversation.”

Faithful Obedience (5:29)
We must obey God rather men!
When do we obey:

    - Between God and Man
    - Essential Teachings
    - Community Support
    - Holy Spirit
“Eighty-six years I have served Him. He has never done me wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King who has saved me?” 
- St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna

True Intentions (5:41)
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

    - Testing (5:40)
    - Concerns (5:41)
    - Distance (5:42)
“Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant”
- Steven Covey

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