Introduction

• Acts 5:1-11

God holds us personally responsible.

• Acts 5:3-4, 9
• Satan didn’t take contorl and remove their power of choice. He influenced them, but they had the power to decide.
• II Corinthians 5:10

Good doesn’t cancel out bad.

• Acts 5:2
• Bad in the midst of good taints the good.
• Romans 4:7-8
• God describes forgiveness - not some ledger of good deeds versus bad deeds.

The fear of God is good and healthy.

• Acts 5:5
• Proverbs 1:7; 3:7; 8:12-13
• Matthew 10:28
• Proverbs 14:26-27
• Genesis 39:9 - Joseph showed reverance for God in a time of temptation.
• Hebrews 10:26
• Acts 5:5, 11-14
• I Corinthians 5:6-7

Don’t expect perfection.

• Acts 4:32-37
• Galatians 6:9