Unstoppable, Part 5-Acts 5:1-11--Pastor Tullian #liberate2015 #unstoppable
Unstoppable: Tracing God's flawless work through flawed people Acts is the story of God choosing the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. These are not the happiest verses in the Bible. To understand, we need to go back to Chapter 4:32-37. This seems harsh and forgiving. The cold heartedness of this story reveals danger of self-salvation. Ananias & Sapphira are you and me. This was deeper than financial greed. We inside the church are masters of disguise. Fruit of justification of works is hiding who we are from ourselves & others. After we become Christians, we tend to leave the gospel behind. We understand Christ's work is relevant in our past & future, but it's our work relevant in the present. The root cause of our exhaustion is not something outside of us, but something instead inside of us. It is amazing to me that Christians celebrate when brothers or sisters in Christ experience failure. We all have secrets. Lying is part of our self-salv...