Lying (Acts 5)

1. What's wrong with Ananias keeping part of the proceeds from the sale (Ac 5:1-4)? Why did he do that (Ac 4:36-37)? What percent of your total assets belong to Jesus?

2. How serious of a sin is lying (Ac 5:5-6; Exo 20:16; Rev 21:8)? How serious are all other sins (1 Cor 15:3; Rom 6:23a)?
   

3. Why did Peter ask Sapphira and learn from her answer (Ac 5:8-9)? Did Peter kill her (Ac 5:10)? Were Ananias and Sapphira Christians? How did this affect the church (Ac 5:11)? Who are "Christians" who disobey God (Jn 14:21; Mt 7:21-23)?

4. Why did they keep gathering at Solomon's Colonnade/Porch (Ac 5:12; 2:46; 3:11)? Why did and did not dare to "join" the Christians (Ac 5:13-14)?

5. How busy were they during this time of rapid church growth (Ac 5:15)? Who were healed (Ac 5:16) Does God still grant miraculous healing today?

6. What could happen when God blesses Christians (Ac 5:17-18)? What did an angel of the Lord do (Ac 5:19-21a)? What did the religious leaders find out and do (Ac 5:21-28)?

7. What did Peter and the apostles do (Ac 5:29-32)? How did Gamaliel persuade the Sanhedrin not to kill the apostles (Ac 5:33-40)?

8. How did the apostles respond to being flogged and warned (Ac 5:41-42)?