Atos 5

Atos 5

Johnson wrote "Accustom your children constantly to this [the telling of the truth]; if a thing happened at one window, and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end.… It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." A hypocrite has God on his tongue and the world in his heart. A hypocrite is a person who isn't himself on Sunday. Hypocrites are like pictures on canvas, they show fairest at farthest. A clean glove often hides a dirty hand. A hypocrite is a man who lets his light so shine before men that they can't tell what is going on behind! When reputation becomes more important than character, we have become hypocrites. Hypocrites are not those who live worse than they profess-that’s all of us. Hypocrites are those who cannot see, or are not honest about the gap between their talk and their walk. Jerry Bridges A hypocrite is not a person who fails to reach his desired spiritual goals, because all of us fail in one way or another. A hypocrite is a person who doesn’t even try to reach any goals, but he makes people think that he has. His profession and his practice never meet. Warren Wiersbe If we are living in sin (“walking in darkness”), then our lives will contradict what our lips are saying, making us hypocrites. Warren Wiersbe The tragedy of hypocrisy is not only that God sends judgment, but that hypocrisy brings its own judgment. It destroys character; and when character is gone, when the salt has lost its flavor (see Matt. 5:13), what does a person have left? Warren Wiersbe Related Resources: See multiple Quotes, Illustrations, Devotionals on Hypocrisy-Hypocrites What does the Bible say about hypocrisy? Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira for lying? Why are all Christians hypocrites? Are all Christians hypocrites? Matthew 6:1 Beware of Hypocrisy - John MacArthur Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Hypocrisy Baker Evangelical Dictionary Hypocrisy Charles Buck Dictionary Hypocrisy Spurgeon's Illustration Collection Hypocrisy Hypocrisy (2) Hypocrisy (2) Holman Bible Dictionary Hypocrisy Hastings' Dictionary of the NT Hypocrisy Hypocrisy 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Hypocrisy McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Hypocrisy The Jewish Encyclopedia Hypocrisy International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Hypocrisy H A Ironside once said "I am a preacher of the Word-a glorious privilege-and if I have prayed once I have prayed a thousand times and said, 'Don't let me be able to preach unless in the power of the Holy Ghost.' I would rather be struck dumb than pretend it is in the power of the Spirit if it isn't; and yet it is so easy to pretend. It is so easy to come before men and take the place of an ambassador for God, and still want people to praise the preacher instead of giving the message only for the Lord Jesus." Sold a piece of property - Recall from the previous chapter that members of the Body would sell property to provide support for those in need with the wonderful result that "there was a not a needy person among them." (Acts 4:34+). This practice was not mandatory, but reflected a freewill offering by those who were led to sell property. James Anderson makes an interesting comment - We must not think that the first church was perfect; it was composed of humans like ourselves with all their failings, and they had a lot to learn from the apostles. Two successive chapters tell of problems in the church, and both were caused by money (Acts 6:1-2). (What the Bible teaches – Acts) Piece of property (2933)(ktema from ktaomai = to possess, obtain) means any kind of acquired property or possessions. That which is owned or possessed. Something that a person has come into the possession of, usually property such as lands or houses. In the Septuagint of Pr 12:27 ktema describes "the precious possession of a man" as "diligence." Ktema is used in the Lxx to translate vineyard (Pr 31:16, Hos 2:15). Ktema - 4x in 4v - piece of property(1), property(3). - Matt. 19:22; Mk. 10:22; Acts 2:45; Acts 5:1. There are 7 uses in the Septuagint - Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Prov. 12:27; Prov. 23:10; Prov. 31:16; Hos. 2:15; Joel 1:11 Satan’s Devices Steven