On Lying To The Holy Ghost Series

Acts 5:1-16 On Lying to the Holy Ghost Intro - God Has -

A Place for His Church - Not our place, but His place for us.

A Purpose for His Church - To Witness, To Work, To Watch, To Wait.

A Promise for His Church - Matthew 16:18 upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

A Prize for His Church - Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely

A Presence for His Church - A Resident, A President, A Preeminent.

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

1. The Possibility of Lying to the Holy Ghost -

The Persons - 1 a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife The Possession - sold a possession,

The Problem - 2 and kept back part of the price,

The Pact - his wife also being privy to it,

The Part - and brought a certain part,

The Place - and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

2. The Perversity of Lying to the Holy Ghost -

Direct Intervention - 3 But Peter said,

Divine Revelation - Of -

The Person - Ananias,

The Pride - why hath Satan filled thine heart

The Presumption - to lie to the Holy Ghost,

The Provocation - and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Deadly Retribution - 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: (Slain by the Holy Ghost)

3. The Pomposity of Lying to the Holy Ghost -

The Fact - 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?

The Freedom - and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?

The Falsehood - why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?

The Failure - thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

4. The Penalty of Lying to the Holy Ghost - It was -

Direct - 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down,

Divine - and gave up the ghost:

Distinct - and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

Decisive - 6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

5. The Persistency of Lying to the Holy Ghost -

The Time - 7 And it was about the space of three hours after,

The Test - when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

The Trial - 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

The Truth - 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?

The Tragedy - behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

6. The Profanity of Lying to the Holy Ghost

Her Sin - 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?

Her Sentence - 9 behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

Her Separation - 10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet,

and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

7. The Perplexity of Lying to the Holy Ghost - He Produced -

Great Fear - 11 And great fear came upon all the church,

and upon as many as heard these things.

Great Faith - 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

Great Favour - 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

Great Fruit - The Growth - 14, The Grace - 15, The Gratitude - 16.