Don’t Mess With God’s Anointed

Exodus 23; Exodus 24; Psalm 14; Acts 5
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Scripture

Acts 5

Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God."
40 His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. 42 Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Observation

Did you read the entire chapter this morning? Take a second and click on the link and read the entire chapter it will only take a minute. In the beginning of the chapter we find a husband and wife named Ananias and Sapphira who come up with a crazy scheme to lie about the gift they were bringing to the Lord. The couple said to Peter and church leaders that they were giving all the proceeds from the sale of a certain piece of property to God and they told Peter that the amount of the sale was such and such. God somehow let Peter know that the husband and wife are lying about the amount and when Peter asked the husband to tell him once again how much the selling price was Ananias once again repeated the same lie and he then fell down dead. The wife came in a few hours later and Peter asked her to repeat to him how much the land was sold for and she lied and she fell down dead.

Then Peter and some other Apostles were arrested and put in prison but an angel brought them out of the jail and they were found the very next day preaching and teaching back at the temple courts. The high priest again arrested them and gave them strict orders not to preach or teach in the Name of Jesus anymore and then he had them flogged.

After Peter and the others were flogged they left that place…rejoicing…rejoicing…rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer for the Name of Jesus! Wow! How could you stop guys like that! You can’t. Don’t mess with God’s anointed.

Application

I will write some words of encouragement this week to some of God’s anointed that have impacted and changed my life.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, this past Sunday it was a joy for me to hear Dr. Waylon Moore preach your Word. He is most definitely anointed. Thank you for using him in my life and in the lives of so many others. I love to hear him preach and teach. God continue to give him good health and strength so he can continue to move men closer in their walk to you. Help me to be like the Jesus I see in him. You are so Worthy of our Praise. Thank you for the power to live this life in victory. May I be counted worthy to suffer for you in any way you choose to help people that are lost know you. Amen.


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