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00:22Let us pray
00:26Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
00:29Who, when your disciples and friends deserted and left you
00:33Remained alone in the hands of sinful men
00:36Like a most gentle lamb
00:38Within the jaws of a ravenous wolf
00:43Strengthen my excessive weakness
00:45And confirm my too great unstableness
00:47By the support of your grace
00:49And join me to yourself with the bonds of love
00:53That I may neither have no wish nor the power
00:56Ever to depart or separate myself from you
01:01Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
01:04Who allowed yourself to be led around bound
01:07By an armed band and taken to Annas
01:12Allowing yourself to be stood before him
01:14As though you were a common criminal or robber
01:19O unspeakable gentleness of my Redeemer
01:22Look, while they take and drag and thrust you forward
01:27You uttered not a single word of complaint
01:30Or murmur or word of resistance
01:33But in silence you followed them wherever they led you
01:37Obeying their commands
01:39And permitted their wanton injuries to you
01:44Grant, O Lord, that these your virtues may shine in me
01:47To the everlasting glory of your name
01:51Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
01:54King of heaven and earth
01:55Who in great humility
01:57As poor and needy and of no account
02:00Was stood before the proud High Priest
02:03And most sweetly endure the dreadful blow
02:07Which his impious servant put upon you
02:12Restrain, I beg you
02:13In me all outbreak of anger and passion
02:17Suppress all acts of indignation
02:20And quench within me all desire of revenge
02:24That when I am provoked by injury
02:27I may not be disturbed
02:28I may offer no resistance
02:31May suffer no disquiet
02:34But endure everything with a quiet mind
02:36May I even repay evil with good
02:41Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
02:43Who permitted himself to be lead-boned
02:46In a shameful manner to Caiaphas
02:48That you might deliver us from the penalty
02:51Of eternal death
02:52Restoring to us true liberty
02:56Make me most ready
02:58To endure every reproach
02:59And all contempt
03:01For your name's sake
03:03Grant that in the very middle
03:05Of ridicule and outrage
03:06I may give you thanks
03:08With a perfect heart
03:09And by means of these trials
03:11May grow and increase
03:13More and more in your love
03:18Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
03:20Who, when three times denied
03:23By your Apostle Peter
03:26Mercifully turned and looked upon him
03:28With kindness
03:29And brought him to repentance
03:31And holy sorrow for his sin
03:33In like manner
03:34May you turn upon me also
03:37Your eye of mercy and love
03:39That I may weep over my past sins
03:42With the tears of true penitence
03:44And may never again commit them
03:47May I never be found sinning
03:49Against your goodness
03:50In word or deed
03:54Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
03:56Who stood before the elders
03:58And the people of the Jews
03:59With a calm countenance
04:00And humble look
04:02Who did not refuse
04:04To be falsely accused
04:05And to suffer many injuries
04:09Give me grace
04:10Never to say an untrue word
04:11Or to falsely accuse my neighbour
04:14But that I may bear
04:16With all quietness of heart
04:17The calumnies that are heaped upon me
04:21Casting all my troubles upon you
04:23May I always, in silence
04:25Look for the grave and consolation
04:28At your hands
04:32Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ
04:35Who, when Caiaphas the High Priest
04:38Adjured you by the name of God
04:41Declared the truth
04:42And proclaimed yourself
04:43The Son of God
04:44And did not refuse to be counted by him
04:47And the rest who stood by
04:48As a blasphemer
04:50May I fully abhor this contempt
04:53And defence against you
04:54May I, in every place
04:57Reverence the presence
04:59Of your divinity and majesty
05:03May I think of you
05:04Adore, praise and love you
05:07Above all things
05:08Forever and forever
05:11Amen
05:15O Lord, open our lips
05:17And our mouths shall sing your praise
05:26O be joyful in the Lord
05:31O be joyful in the Lord
05:32O be glad
05:33Turn the Lord in gladness
05:37And come before his prayers
05:41And with a talk
05:43Be sure that the Lord
05:47He is God
05:49This is he that hath made us
05:53That hath lost me ourselves
05:55We are his people
05:58And the sheep of his pasture
06:02Who drew your way
06:05Into his gates with casting
06:08And into his cross with grace
06:13Be thankful unto him
06:17And speak full of his name
06:21For the Lord is gracious
06:25His mercy is everlasting
06:31And his truth and joy
06:35From generation to generation
06:45Glory be to the Father
06:48And to the Son
06:52And to the Holy Ghost
06:56As it was in the beginning
06:59His love and ever shall be
07:05World without any draw
07:23Be merciful unto me
07:27O God
07:28Be merciful unto me
07:31O my soul
07:34Trust that he will be
07:37And the mother's shadow
07:40My name shall be my refuge
07:44Until his children be the home of us
07:51I will call unto the most high Lord
07:58Even unto the God
08:01And shall perform the God
08:04Which I have in hand
08:09He shall step from heaven
08:13And save me from the reproof
08:17Of him that will lead me now
08:22God shall step for his mercy and truth
08:29My soul
08:31My soul is upon my hand
08:36And my life
08:38Even of the children
08:40Of men that are set on path
08:44Whose feet are still
08:47And shadows
08:49And their tongue are shot so
08:53Set up thy self
08:56For God
08:57And thy glory
09:02And thy glory
09:03Of the holy earth
09:07May the pain and death
09:10For my feet
09:11And rest
09:12For my soul
09:15They have deep
09:17And a bridge
09:18Before me
09:19And now
09:22Falling into the midst
09:24Of each
09:25And stand
09:29My heart is fixed
09:31O God
09:32My heart is fixed
09:35I will see that
09:38In place
09:42Awake of my glory
09:44Thou may lose
09:47And now
09:48I may serve
09:51Without
09:52In my journey
09:56I will give thanks
09:59Unto thee
10:00O Lord
10:01Among the people
10:03And I will seek
10:06Unto thee
10:08Among the nations
10:10All the greatness
10:13Of my mercy
10:15Beeching unto the hand
10:19And thy truth
10:22Unto the ground
10:24Threat on thyself
10:28Or crown
10:29Above all the hands
10:32And thy glory
10:35Above all the earth
10:41Glory be to the Father
10:45And to the Son
10:49And to the Holy Ghost
10:54As its worship
10:57Are we creating
10:59Which now and ever shall be
11:05And with the Lord
11:07And from heaven
11:18The Acts of the Apostles
11:20Chapters 4 and 5
11:25The group of those who believed
11:27Were of one heart and mind
11:29And none said
11:31That any of his possessions
11:33Was his own
11:35But everything was held in common
11:38With great power
11:39The Apostles were giving testimony
11:41To the resurrection
11:42Of the Lord Jesus
11:44And great grace
11:46Was on them all
11:47For there was no one needy
11:49Among them
11:50Because those who were
11:51Owners of land or houses
11:53Were selling them
11:54And bringing the proceeds
11:55From the sales
11:56And placing them
11:58At the Apostles feet
11:59The proceeds
12:01Were distributed
12:02To each
12:03As anyone
12:04Had need
12:06So Joseph
12:08A Levite
12:08Who was a native
12:10Of Cyprus
12:10Called by the Apostles
12:12Barnabas
12:14Which is translated
12:15Son of encouragement
12:16Sold a field
12:18That belonged to him
12:19And brought the money
12:21Placing it
12:22At the Apostles feet
12:26Now a man named
12:27Ananias
12:28Together with
12:29Sapphira his wife
12:30Sold a piece of property
12:33He kept back
12:34For himself
12:35Part of the proceeds
12:36With his wife's knowledge
12:37He only brought a part of it
12:40And placed it
12:41At the Apostles feet
12:44But Peter said to him
12:45Ananias
12:46Why has Satan
12:48Filled your heart
12:49To lie to the Holy Spirit
12:50And gave back for yourself
12:52Part of the proceeds
12:54From the sale
12:55Of your land
12:57Before it was sold
12:58Did it not belong to you
13:00When it was sold
13:01Was the money
13:02Not at your disposal
13:05How have you
13:07Thought up this deed
13:08In your heart
13:09You have not lied
13:10To people
13:11But to God
13:13When Ananias
13:14Heard these words
13:15He collapsed
13:16And died
13:18And great fear
13:19Gripped all
13:20Who heard about it
13:22And so the young men
13:23Came
13:24Wrapped him up
13:25And carried him out
13:26To be buried
13:29After an interval
13:30Of about three hours
13:31His wife came in
13:33But she did not know
13:34What had happened
13:36Peter said to her
13:37Tell me
13:39Were the two of you
13:40Paid this much
13:41For your land
13:44Sapphira said
13:45Yes
13:45That's that much
13:48Peter then said to her
13:49Why have you agreed together
13:51To test the spirit
13:53Of the law
13:55Look
13:55The feet of those
13:57Who have buried
13:57Your husband
13:58Are at the door
13:59And they will
14:00Carry you out
14:02At once
14:03She collapsed
14:04At his feet
14:05And died
14:07So when the young men
14:08Came in
14:09They found her dead
14:10And they carried her out
14:12And buried her
14:13Beside her husband
14:15Great fear
14:16Gripped the whole church
14:17And all
14:18Who heard
14:19About these things
14:22Now many
14:23Miraculous signs
14:24And wonders
14:25Came about
14:26Among the people
14:27Through the hands
14:28Of the apostles
14:30By common consent
14:31They were all
14:32Meeting in
14:33Solomon's
14:34Portico
14:35None of the rest
14:36Dared to join them
14:38But the people
14:39Held them
14:39In high honour
14:41More and more
14:42Believers in the Lord
14:43Were added to their number
14:45Crowds of both
14:46Men and women
14:48So they even
14:49Carried the sick
14:50Out into the street
14:51Putting them on
14:52Cots and pallets
14:53So that when
14:54Peter came power
14:55At least his shadow
14:57Would fall on
14:58Some of them
14:59A great crowd
15:00Of people
15:01From the towns
15:02Around Jerusalem
15:03Also came together
15:05Bringing the sick
15:06And those troubled
15:07By unclean spirits
15:09And they were all
15:10Healed
15:13This is the word
15:14Of the Lord
15:15Thanks be to God
15:22The exact period
15:23In the history
15:24Of the apostolic church
15:26At which we have
15:27Now arrived
15:27In this chapter
15:28Is a most
15:30Interesting one
15:32We stand at the
15:33Very first
15:34Origin
15:34Of a new
15:36Development
15:36In Christian
15:37Life
15:38And thought
15:41We should observe
15:42It well
15:42And serve it well
15:42For the whole future
15:43Of the church
15:44Is bound up
15:45With it
15:47Christianity
15:47Was in the beginning
15:49Simply a sect
15:51Of Judaism
15:53And it is plain
15:54That the apostles
15:54At first
15:55Regarded it
15:56As this
15:57They observed
15:59They observed
15:59The Jewish
15:59Right
16:00They joined
16:01In the temple
16:02And synagogue
16:02Worship
16:04They restricted
16:05Salvation
16:06And God's
16:07Favor
16:07To the children
16:08Of Abraham
16:09And merely
16:10Added belief
16:11In Jesus
16:12And Nazareth
16:12As the promised
16:13Messiah
16:14To the common
16:15Jewish
16:16Faith
16:18The spirit
16:19Of God
16:19Was indeed
16:20Speaking
16:20Through the
16:21Apostles
16:22Leading them
16:23As it led
16:23St. Peter
16:24On the day
16:25Of Pentecost
16:25To speak
16:27Words with
16:27Meaning
16:27And scope
16:28Far beyond
16:30Their thoughts
16:31They like
16:32The prophets
16:33Of old
16:33Did not know
16:34Yet what manner
16:35Of things
16:36The spirit
16:37Which was in
16:38Them
16:38Signified
16:41As the little
16:42Children
16:42Lisp
16:43And tell
16:43Of heaven
16:43So thoughts
16:45Beyond their
16:45Thought
16:46To those
16:47High parts
16:48Were given
16:51Their speech
16:52Had a grander
16:53And far wider
16:54Application
16:54Than they
16:55Themselves
16:55Dreamt of
16:57But the power
16:58Of prejudice
16:58And education
17:00Was far too
17:01Great even
17:01For the
17:02Apostles
17:03And so
17:04Through the
17:04Nobility
17:05And profuseness
17:07Of God's
17:07Mercy
17:08Were revealed
17:09And the
17:09Plenteousness
17:10Of his
17:11Grace
17:11Was announced
17:12By St. Peter
17:13Himself
17:14Yet the glory
17:16Of the divine
17:16Gift was still
17:17Unrecognised
17:21Jerusalem
17:22The temple
17:23The old
17:24Covenant
17:25Israel
17:26After the
17:26Flesh
17:27These things
17:28As yet
17:29Bounded
17:29And limited
17:30The horizon
17:31Of Christ's
17:32Church
17:34How were
17:34The new
17:35Ideas
17:35To gain
17:36An entrance
17:36How was
17:37The church
17:38To rise
17:39To a sense
17:39Of the
17:40Magnificence
17:41And universality
17:42Of its
17:43Mission
17:45Joseph
17:46Who by the
17:47Apostles
17:48Was surnamed
17:48Barnabas
17:49Emerges upon
17:51The scene
17:51And provides
17:52The answer
17:53Providing
17:54Himself
17:55In the very
17:55Deed
17:56A sum
17:57A sum
17:57Of consolation
17:58Because he
17:59Became
18:00The occasion
18:00Of consoling
18:01The masses
18:02Of mankind
18:02With their
18:04Truest
18:04Comfort
18:05The peace
18:06Of God
18:07Which passes
18:08All understanding
18:10Let us
18:11Consider
18:12How this
18:12Came
18:13About
18:16The Christian
18:17Leaders
18:18Originally
18:18Belonged
18:19To the
18:19Extreme
18:20Party
18:20In
18:21Judaism
18:22The Jews
18:23At this
18:23Time
18:24Divided
18:24Into
18:25Two
18:25Sections
18:26There
18:27There was
18:27The Hebrew
18:28Party
18:28On one
18:29Hand
18:29And the
18:30Extreme
18:30Nationalists
18:31As we
18:31Might call
18:32Them
18:32On the
18:33Other
18:33They
18:34Hated
18:35Everything
18:35Foreign
18:36They clung
18:37To the
18:37Soul
18:38Of Palestine
18:38To its
18:39Language
18:40And to
18:40Its
18:40Custom
18:41They
18:42Trained
18:43Up their
18:43Children
18:43To abhor
18:44Greek
18:45Civilisation
18:46Finding
18:47Nothing
18:47Good
18:48In
18:48It
18:49This
18:50Party
18:50Was
18:50Very
18:51Conservative
18:51Very
18:52Narrow
18:53Minded
18:53And therefore
18:54Unfit
18:55To recognise
18:56The developments
18:56Of God's
18:57Purposes
18:59The Galileans
19:01Were probably
19:02Very prominent
19:03Among them
19:03Living in the
19:05Provinces
19:05Remote
19:06From the
19:07Influence
19:07Of the
19:07Great
19:08Centre
19:08Of
19:08Thought
19:09And
19:09Life
19:09They
19:10Missed
19:10Therefore
19:11The
19:11Revelations
19:12Of
19:12God
19:13Mind
19:13Which
19:14He
19:14Is
19:14Evermore
19:15Making
19:15Through
19:16The
19:16Course
19:16Of
19:16His
19:17Providential
19:17Dealings
19:18With
19:18Mankind
19:21The
19:21Galileans
19:22Furnished
19:22The
19:23Majority
19:23Of
19:23The
19:23Earliest
19:24Christian
19:24Leaders
19:25And
19:26They
19:26Were
19:26Not
19:26Fitted
19:27From
19:27Their
19:27Narrowness
19:28To
19:28Grasp
19:28The
19:29Divine
19:29Intentions
19:30With
19:31Respect
19:31To
19:31Christianity
19:32And
19:32Its
19:33Mission
19:34What a
19:35Lesson
19:36For
19:36Every
19:36Age
19:36We
19:37See
19:37In
19:38This
19:38Intellectual
19:39And
19:39Spiritual
19:40Defect
19:40Of
19:41The
19:41Galileans
19:43They
19:44Were
19:44Truly
19:45Conscientious
19:46Devout
19:47Spiritual
19:48Men
19:49Christ
19:50Loved
19:51Them
19:51As
19:51Such
19:51And
19:52Devoted
19:52Himself
19:53To
19:53Their
19:53Instruction
19:54But
19:55They
19:55Were
19:56One
19:56Sided
19:56And
19:57Illiberal
19:57Their
19:58Very
19:59Provincialism
20:00Which
20:00Had
20:00Sheltered
20:01Them
20:01From
20:01Sadducees
20:02And
20:02Unbelief
20:03Had
20:04Filled
20:04Them
20:04With
20:05A
20:05Blind
20:05Prejudice
20:06And
20:07And
20:07The
20:07Result
20:08Had
20:08Read
20:09Them
20:09And
20:09Able
20:10To
20:10Read
20:10And
20:10The
20:11Mind
20:11Of
20:11God
20:12And
20:12The
20:12Development
20:13Of
20:13His
20:14Purposes
20:16Alas
20:16Man
20:17Is
20:17A
20:17Very
20:17Weak
20:18Creature
20:18And
20:19Human
20:19Nature
20:20Very
20:20Narrow
20:20Piety
20:22Piety
20:22No
20:22Guarantee
20:23For
20:23Wisdom
20:24And
20:24Breadth
20:24And
20:25Strong
20:25Faith
20:26In
20:26God's
20:26Dealing
20:27In
20:28The
20:28Past
20:28Has
20:29Often
20:29Hindered
20:30Men
20:30From
20:30Realising
20:31And
20:31Deveying
20:32The
20:32Divine
20:32Guidance
20:33And
20:34The
20:34Evolution
20:34Of
20:35His
20:35Purposes
20:35Amongst
20:37The
20:37Changed
20:37Circumstances
20:38Of
20:39The
20:39Present
20:41These
20:41Galilean
20:42Leaders
20:42Were
20:43Best
20:43Fitted
20:43To
20:44Testify
20:45With
20:45Unfaltering
20:46Zeal
20:46To
20:47The
20:47Miracles
20:48Of
20:48The
20:48Resurrection
20:48Of
20:49Christ
20:50But
20:51They
20:51Were
20:51Perhaps
20:51Not
20:52Best
20:52Fitted
20:52To
20:53Lead
20:53The
20:53Church
20:53Into
20:54The
20:54Possession
20:55Of
20:55The
20:55Gentiles
21:04There
21:05Was
21:05Another
21:05Party
21:06Among
21:06The
21:06Jews
21:06Whom
21:07God
21:07Had
21:07Trained
21:08By
21:08The
21:08Guidance
21:09Of
21:09His
21:09Providence
21:10For
21:10This
21:10Purpose
21:13The
21:14Acts
21:14Of
21:14The
21:14Apostles
21:15Cast
21:16A
21:16Strong
21:16And
21:16Comforting
21:17Light
21:17Back
21:18Upon
21:19The
21:19History
21:19Of
21:19The
21:19Lord's
21:20Dealing
21:20With
21:20The
21:20Jews
21:21Ever
21:22Since
21:22The
21:22Days
21:23Of
21:23The
21:23Babylonian
21:24Captivity
21:26We
21:27Can
21:27See
21:27In
21:27The
21:27Story
21:28Told
21:28In
21:28The
21:28Acts
21:29The
21:29Reason
21:30Why
21:30God
21:30Permitted
21:31The
21:31Overthrow
21:32Of
21:32Jerusalem
21:32At
21:33The
21:33Hands
21:34Of
21:34Nebuchadnezzar
21:35The
21:36Apparent
21:36Defeat
21:37For
21:37The
21:38Time
21:38Of
21:38His
21:38Own
21:39Designs
21:39Towards
21:39His
21:40Own
21:40Chosen
21:41People
21:43The
21:44Story
21:44Of
21:44The
21:45Dispersion
21:45Is
21:46A
21:46Standing
21:46Example
21:47Of
21:47How
21:47Wonderfully
21:48God
21:48Evolves
21:49Good
21:49Out
21:50Of
21:50Things
21:50That
21:51Appear
21:51Evil
21:52Making
21:53All
21:53Things
21:54Work
21:54Together
21:54For
21:55The
21:55Good
21:55Of
21:55His
21:55Church
21:58This
21:59Dispersion
22:00Prepared
22:00A
22:01Section
22:01Of
22:01The
22:01Jews
22:02By
22:03Travel
22:03By
22:04Foreign
22:04Civilization
22:05By
22:05Culture
22:06And
22:07By
22:07That
22:07Breath
22:07Of
22:08Mind
22:08And
22:08Sympathy
22:09Which
22:09Is
22:09Thereby
22:10Produced
22:10To
22:11Be
22:11Mediators
22:12Between
22:12The
22:13Hebrew
22:13Party
22:13With
22:14All
22:14Their
22:14Narrowness
22:15And
22:15The
22:16Masses
22:16Of
22:16The
22:16Gentile
22:17World
22:17Whom
22:18The
22:18Strict
22:19Jews
22:19Would
22:20Rather
22:20Have
22:21Shut
22:21Out
22:21From
22:22The
22:22Hope
22:22Of
22:22God's
22:23Mercy
22:26This
22:27Liberal
22:27And
22:27Progressive
22:28Party
22:28Is
22:29Called
22:29In
22:29The
22:29Acts
22:29Of
22:30The
22:30Apostles
22:30The
22:31Hellenists
22:33They
22:33Were
22:34Looked
22:34At
22:34As
22:34Scans
22:35By
22:35The
22:35Old
22:36Fashioned
22:36Hebrews
22:39They
22:39Were
22:40Of
22:40Jews
22:41Children
22:41Of
22:42Abraham
22:42Indeed
22:43Of
22:43The
22:43Genuine
22:43Stock
22:44Of
22:44Israel
22:44And
22:46As
22:46Such
22:46They
22:46Had
22:47A
22:47True
22:47Standing
22:47Ground
22:48Within
22:48The
22:48Jewish
22:49Fold
22:49And
22:50As
22:50True
22:51Jews
22:51They
22:52Could
22:52Exercise
22:52Their
22:53Influence
22:53From
22:54Within
22:54Much
22:55More
22:55Effectively
22:56Than
22:56If
22:56They
22:56Stood
22:57Without
22:58For
22:58It
22:59Has
22:59Been
22:59Well
22:59Remarked
23:00By
23:00Shrewd
23:00Observer
23:01That
23:01Every
23:01Party
23:02Religious
23:03Or
23:03Political
23:04Is
23:05Much
23:05More
23:05Powerfully
23:06Affected
23:06By
23:07Movements
23:07Springing
23:08Up
23:08From
23:08Within
23:09It
23:09Than
23:10By
23:10Attacks
23:10Directed
23:11From
23:11Without
23:13An
23:14Explosive
23:15Operates
23:16With
23:16Far
23:16More
23:16Effect
23:17When
23:18Acting
23:18From
23:18Within
23:19Or
23:19Underneath
23:20Something
23:20Than
23:21When
23:21Brought
23:22Into
23:22Play
23:22From
23:22Outside
23:24Such
23:25It
23:25Was
23:25With
23:26The
23:26Allenists
23:26No
23:27One
23:28Can
23:28Deny
23:28Their
23:29True
23:29Jewish
23:29Character
23:30But
23:31They
23:31Had
23:32Been
23:32Liberalized
23:33By
23:33Their
23:34Heaven
23:34Sent
23:34Contact
23:35With
23:36Foreigners
23:36And
23:36Foreign
23:37Lands
23:37And
23:38So
23:39It
23:39Is
23:39That
23:39We
23:39Discern
23:40In
23:40The
23:40Hellenistic
23:41Party
23:41And
23:42Especially
23:42In
23:43Joseph
23:43Who
23:44Who
23:45Who
23:45The
23:45Apostles
23:45Was
23:45Surnamed
23:46Barnabas
23:47The
23:48Beginnings
23:48Of
23:48The
23:49Glorious
23:49In
23:50Gathering
23:50Of
23:50The
23:50Gentiles
23:51The
23:52Very
23:53First
23:53Rift
23:53In
23:54The
23:54Thick
23:54Dark
23:55Cloud
23:55Of
23:55Prejudice
23:56Which
23:57As
23:57Yet
23:57Kept
23:58Back
23:58Even
23:58The
23:58Apostles
23:59Themselves
24:00From
24:01Realizing
24:01The
24:02Great
24:02Object
24:02Of
24:03The
24:03Gospel
24:03Dispensation
24:05The
24:06Hellenists
24:07With
24:07Their
24:07Wealth
24:08Culture
24:08And
24:09Their
24:09New
24:09Ideas
24:10Their
24:10Sense
24:11And
24:11Value
24:12Of
24:12Greek
24:12Thought
24:13Were
24:13The
24:14Bridge
24:14By
24:14Which
24:14The
24:15Spiritual
24:15Life
24:16Hitherto
24:17Wrapped
24:17In
24:17Jewish
24:18Swaddling
24:18Clothes
24:19Was
24:20To
24:20Pass
24:20Over
24:20To
24:20The
24:21Masses
24:21Of
24:21The
24:21Gentile
24:22World
24:23The
24:24Community
24:25Of
24:25Goods
24:25Led
24:26Joseph
24:26Barnabas
24:27To
24:28Dedicate
24:28His
24:29Substance
24:29To
24:29The
24:29Same
24:30Noble
24:30Cause
24:31Of
24:31Unselfishness
24:32That
24:34Dedication
24:35Led
24:35To
24:35Dispute
24:36Between
24:37Hellenist
24:38And
24:38Hebrew
24:38And
24:40These
24:40Disputes
24:40Occasioned
24:41The
24:41Election
24:41Of
24:42Seven
24:42Deacons
24:42Who
24:43In
24:44Part
24:44At
24:44Least
24:44Belonged
24:45To
24:45The
24:46More
24:46Liberal
24:46Section
24:48Among
24:48These
24:49Deacons
24:49We
24:49Find
24:50St
24:50Stephen
24:50Whose
24:52Teaching
24:52And
24:53Martyrdom
24:53Would
24:54Be
24:54Directly
24:54Followed
24:55By
24:55St
24:55Paul
24:55And
24:56His
24:56Confession
24:57St
24:58Paul
24:59Was
24:59The
24:59Apostle
25:00To
25:00Gentiles
25:01And
25:02The
25:02Vindicator
25:02Of
25:02Christian
25:03Freedom
25:03And
25:04Christian
25:04Liberty
25:05St
25:07Barnabas
25:07And
25:08His
25:08Act
25:08Of
25:08Self
25:09Denial
25:09And
25:09Self
25:10Sacrifice
25:10In
25:11Surrendering
25:12His
25:12Landed
25:13Estate
25:13Are
25:14In
25:15This
25:15Way
25:15Immediately
25:16Connected
25:17St
25:17Paul
25:18Even
25:21If
25:22The
25:22As
25:25Joint
25:26Apostles
25:26And
25:26Messengers
25:27Of
25:27The
25:27Churches
25:28In
25:29Their
25:29First
25:29Missionary
25:30Journeys
25:31while again the mistaken policy of communism
25:35is overruled to the world's abiding benefit and blessing
25:41how wonderful indeed are the Lord's doings
25:44toward the children of men
25:49we have therefore suggested
25:51one of the main lines of thought which runs through the first half of the books
25:55of the Acts of the Apostles
25:58let us now look a little bit more closely at this Joseph Barnabas
26:03who was the occasion of this great new departure
26:08we learn upon consulting the sacred texts
26:11that Joseph was a Levite
26:13a man of Cyprus
26:15he belonged, that is, to the class among the Jews
26:19whose interests were bound up with the maintenance of the existing order of things
26:25and yet, he had become a convert to the belief proclaimed by the Apostles
26:32at the same time, while we give full credit to this Levite for his action
26:36we cannot imagine that other priests or Levites or Jews at that period
26:42fully realised all the consequences of their decisions
26:47it is true that men at every age
26:50take steps blindly
26:51without thoroughly realising all the steps
26:54which logically and necessary would flow from them
27:00men in religious, political and social matters
27:03are blind and cannot see too far into the future
27:06it is only step by step
27:09that the purposes of God dawn upon them
27:11and Joseph Barnabas, the Levite from Cyprus
27:15was no exception to this universal rule
27:19he was not only a Levite
27:21but a native of Cyprus
27:23for Cyprus was at that time
27:25a great stronghold
27:26and the result of the Jews
27:30it continued to be a great centre of Jewish influence
27:33for a long time afterwards
27:36in the next century, for example
27:38a great Jewish rebellion burst forth
27:41wherever the Jews were strong enough
27:44they rose in Palestine
27:46against the power of the Emperor Hadrian
27:50and under their leader, Barcoba
27:52vindicated the ancient reputation of the nation
27:56for desperate and daring courage
27:58while in sympathy with their brethren on the mainland
28:02the Jews in Cyprus seized their arms
28:05and massacred a vast multitude
28:08of the Greek and Roman settlers
28:11numbering, it is claimed
28:12240,000 people
28:17the concourse of Jews to Cyprus
28:20in the time of the Apostles
28:21is easily explained
28:24Augustus Caesar
28:25the great friend and patron of Herod the Great
28:29leased the great copper mines of the island
28:31to Herod
28:33exacting a royalty on their produce
28:35as we learn from Josephus
28:37the well-known Jewish historian
28:41it is only to be expected then
28:43that when a Jewish monarch was leaseholder
28:45and manager of the great mining industry
28:47of the island
28:48that his Jewish subjects should go there
28:52it was very natural
28:54that amongst the crowds who sought Cyprus
28:57there should be found a minister of the Jewish faith
28:59whose tribal descent as a Levite
29:02who reminded them of Palestine
29:04and of the city of God
29:05and of the temple of Jehovah
29:07and its solemn stately worship
29:12this residence of Barnabas in Cyprus
29:15accounts for his landed property
29:18which he had the right to sell as he liked
29:23a Levite in Palestine could not
29:25according to the laws of Moses
29:27when strictly construed
29:29possess any private land
29:31save in a Levitical city
29:35Dr. Meyer
29:36a German commentator of great reputation
29:39has indeed suggested that Jeremiah chapter 32
29:43where Jeremiah is asked to redeem his cousin's field
29:47in the suburbs of Amathol
29:49provides that a member of the tribe of Levi
29:51could possess its landed estate in Palestine
29:56he therefore concludes
29:58that the old explanation
29:59that the landed property of Barnabas
30:02was in Cyprus
30:03not in Palestine
30:05could not stand
30:08but however
30:09the simple fact is
30:10that even the cleverest of German expositors
30:13are not familiar with the text of their Bibles
30:16for had Dr. Meyer been familiar
30:19he would have remembered that Amathol
30:22was a city belonging to the priests
30:24and the tribe of Levi
30:25and that the circumstance of Jeremiah the priest
30:29possessing a right to landed property in Amathol
30:32was no proof whatsoever therefore
30:36that he could not or could
30:38hold landed property anywhere else
30:40and above all
30:42affords no ground for the conclusion
30:44that he could dispose of it in the absolute style
30:47which Barnabas here displayed
30:50we may then conclude
30:52the action of Barnabas on this occasion
30:56dealt with his landed estate in Cyprus
30:59the country where he had been born
31:01where he was well known
31:03and where his memory is even today
31:06cherished
31:07on account of the work he performed there
31:10in conjunction with St. Paul
31:16let us see what else we can glean
31:19concerning this amazing person
31:21so prominent
31:22in the early church
31:24first for his generosity
31:26and then for his missionary zeal
31:28character and success
31:31it is indeed one of the most fruitful
31:33and interesting lines
31:34upon which Bible study can be pursued
31:38tracing the scattered features
31:40of the less well known
31:42and less prominent characters of scripture
31:45and see where God's grace
31:47especially abounded in them
31:51the very personal appearance of Barnabas
31:53can be recalled by the careful student
31:56of this book
31:58although it lies a little way
32:00out of our way into the future
32:01we should note the circumstance
32:03as it will help us form
32:05a more likely image
32:06of Barnabas
32:07son of consolation
32:11the two apostles
32:12Paul and Barnabas
32:13would come on their first missionary tour
32:16to the city of Lystria
32:19in Laconia
32:21there the multitude
32:23astonished at the miracle
32:24wrought upon the crippled by St. Paul
32:27attempted to pay divine honour
32:29to the two Christian miracles
32:32they called Barnabas
32:33Jupiter
32:34and Paul
32:35Mercury
32:36because he was the chief speaker
32:40it would have been perhaps
32:41because of their
32:42physical characteristics
32:44as well as the mode of address
32:46used by the apostles
32:47which led to these names
32:49and from the
32:50records of antiquity
32:52we know that Jupiter
32:54was always depicted
32:55as a man with a
32:57fine commanding presence
32:59while Mercury
33:00the god of the eloquent speaker
33:03was a more insignificant figure
33:07Jupiter therefore
33:08struck the Laconian people
33:10as the fittest name
33:12for the tall and imposing
33:14looking apostle
33:16while Paul
33:17who was in bodily presence
33:19contemptible
33:20was designated
33:22the name of the active
33:24and restless
33:24Mercury
33:27his character again
33:29shines through every
33:30recorded action
33:31of Barnabas
33:32he was a thoroughly
33:34sympathetic man
33:35and like all such
33:37characters
33:37he was ever
33:38swept along
33:39by the prevailing wave
33:40of thought
33:41or action
33:42without allowing
33:44that supreme
33:44place to the judgment
33:46and the natural powers
33:47which they should
33:48always hold
33:49if the feelings
33:51and sympathies
33:51are not to land us
33:52in positions involving
33:54dire ruin
33:55or loss
33:58thus he was
33:59carried away
34:00by the enthusiasm
34:01for Christian
34:02communism
34:03which now seized
34:05upon the Jerusalem
34:06church
34:10he was influenced
34:11by the Jews
34:12in Antioch
34:13so that even
34:14Barnabas
34:15was carried away
34:16with the
34:16Petrine
34:17dissimulation
34:19his sympathies
34:20got the better
34:21of his judgment
34:22in the matter
34:23of St. Mark's
34:24conduct
34:25in abandoning
34:26the ministry
34:27to which
34:28St. Paul
34:29had called him
34:31his heart
34:32was stronger
34:33in fact
34:33than his head
34:35yet
34:36this very
34:37act
34:37very weakness
34:38qualified him
34:40to be
34:40the son
34:40of consolation
34:45a question
34:46has indeed
34:47been raised
34:48whether he
34:49should be
34:49called the
34:50son of
34:50consolation
34:51or the
34:52son of
34:52exhortation
34:53but in
34:55practical terms
34:56there is
34:56little difference
34:57his
34:58consolations
34:58were administered
34:59through
34:59his
35:00exhortations
35:03his speech
35:04and his
35:04advice
35:04were of a
35:05consoling
35:06healing
35:07and comforting
35:08kind
35:08there are
35:10still
35:10such men
35:10to be
35:11found
35:11in the
35:12church
35:12just as
35:14all other
35:14apostolic
35:15races
35:15and
35:16characteristics
35:16are still
35:17manifested
35:18the eloquence
35:20of a
35:21Paul
35:21the courage
35:22of a
35:22Peter
35:23the speculative
35:24flights
35:24of a
35:25John
35:25so the
35:27sympathetic
35:27power
35:28of Barnabas
35:29is granted
35:30to some
35:30and the most
35:32precious gift
35:33it is
35:35there are
35:36some good
35:36men
35:37whose very
35:37tone of
35:38voice and
35:38body
35:39attitudes
35:40their heads
35:40thrown back
35:41and their
35:42arms akimbo
35:43and then
35:44their aggressive
35:45walk
35:46at once
35:47provoke
35:48opposition
35:48they are
35:50pugnacious
35:50Christians
35:51ever on the
35:52lookout for
35:53some topic
35:54of blame
35:54or controversy
35:55there are
35:57others
35:57like this
35:58Barnabas
35:59whose voices
36:00bring
36:00consolation
36:01and whose
36:02words even
36:03when not the
36:03clearest or
36:04the most
36:04practical
36:05speak of
36:06peace
36:06and come
36:07thick
36:08laden
36:08with the
36:09blessed
36:09due
36:09of
36:10charity
36:13their
36:14advice
36:14is not
36:15perhaps
36:15always
36:16the
36:16whitenest
36:16their
36:18ardent cry
36:18is always
36:19peace
36:20peace
36:22such a
36:23man on
36:24the political
36:24stage
36:25was the
36:26celebrated
36:26Lucius
36:27Cary
36:27Lord
36:28Faulkland
36:29in the
36:31days of
36:31the
36:31English
36:32Civil
36:32War
36:33who
36:34who
36:34though
36:35he
36:35had
36:35adhered
36:36to
36:36the
36:36royalist
36:37cause
36:37seemed
36:38as
36:39historians
36:39tell us
36:40to have
36:41utterly
36:41lost
36:41all
36:42heart
36:42once
36:43active
36:43hostilities
36:44commenced
36:47men
36:47men of
36:47this
36:47type
36:48appear
36:48in
36:49times
36:49of
36:49great
36:50religious
36:50strife
36:52Erasmus
36:53for instance
36:53at the
36:54time of
36:55the
36:55reformation
36:55possessed
36:56a great
36:57deal of
36:57this
36:57spirit
36:58which is
36:59devoted to
36:59compromise
37:00inclining
37:01to place
37:02the interests
37:02of peace
37:03and charity
37:03above those
37:04of truth
37:05and principle
37:06just as
37:08Barnabas
37:08would have
37:09done at
37:09Antioch
37:10were it
37:11not for
37:11the protest
37:12of his
37:13stronger
37:13and more
37:14disciplined
37:15friend
37:15Saint Paul
37:17and yet
37:18such men
37:19with their
37:20sympathetic
37:20heart
37:21and speech
37:21have their
37:22own great
37:23use
37:24infusing
37:25a healing
37:26consoling
37:26tomb
37:27into
37:27seasons
37:28of strife
37:29while others
37:30are only
37:31too apt
37:32to lose
37:32sight
37:33of the
37:33sweet
37:33image
37:34of
37:34Christian
37:34love
37:35in
37:35pursuit
37:36of
37:36what
37:36they
37:36consider
37:37the
37:37supreme
37:37interest
37:38of
37:39religious
37:39or
37:40political
37:40truth
37:42such
37:43a man
37:43was
37:44Barnabas
37:44all his
37:45life
37:45and such
37:47we behold
37:47him
37:48on his
37:49first
37:49visible
37:49entrance
37:50upon the
37:51stage
37:51of church
37:52history
37:52when his
37:54sympathies
37:54and his
37:55generosity
37:56led him
37:57to consecrate
37:58his
37:59independent
37:59property
38:00in Cyprus
38:01to his
38:02brethren's
38:03support
38:03to bring
38:05the money
38:05and lay
38:06it at the
38:07feet of
38:07the apostles
38:11now
38:12for the
38:13contrast
38:13drawn for
38:14us
38:14by the
38:15inspired
38:15pen
38:16of
38:16St.
38:16Luke
38:16a contrast
38:18we find
38:19all too
38:19often
38:19repeating
38:20itself
38:20in church
38:21history
38:23here on
38:24the one
38:24hand we
38:25have the
38:25generous
38:26sympathetic
38:27son of
38:27consolation
38:28and then
38:29on the
38:30other
38:30we have
38:31a warning
38:31and a
38:32type
38:32for all
38:33time
38:33that the
38:34tares
38:34would be
38:35mingled
38:35with the
38:35wheat
38:36the false
38:37with the
38:37true
38:38the hypocrites
38:39with the
38:39real
38:40servants
38:40of God
38:41even
38:42until the
38:42final
38:43separation
38:47the
38:48accidental
38:49division
38:49of the
38:50book
38:50of Acts
38:51into
38:51chapters
38:52hinders
38:53casual
38:53readers
38:54from
38:54noticing
38:55that the
38:56action
38:56of Ananias
38:57and his
38:57wife
38:58is set
38:59by the
38:59writer
39:00over
39:01and against
39:01that
39:02of
39:02Barnabas
39:04Barnabas
39:05sold his
39:05estate
39:05and
39:06brought
39:07the
39:07price
39:07the
39:08whole
39:08price
39:09and
39:09surrendered
39:10it
39:10as an
39:11offering
39:11to the
39:11church
39:13the
39:13spirit
39:14of
39:14enthusiastic
39:14giving
39:15was
39:15abroad
39:16and
39:17seized
39:17upon
39:17the
39:18community
39:19Barnabas
39:20sympathised
39:21with it
39:23Ananias
39:24and
39:24Sapphira
39:25were also
39:25carried
39:26away
39:26too
39:27but
39:28their
39:28spirits
39:29were
39:29meaner
39:30they
39:31desired
39:31to have
39:32the
39:32credit
39:32the
39:32church
39:33would
39:33give
39:33them
39:34but
39:35while
39:36getting
39:36credit
39:36for
39:37unselfish
39:37and
39:38unstinting
39:38liberality
39:39to be
39:40able to
39:41enjoy
39:41in
39:41private
39:42some
39:43of
39:43that
39:44of
39:44which
39:44they
39:44were
39:45believed
39:45to
39:45have
39:46surrendered
39:48their
39:49calculations
39:49were to
39:50be
39:50terribly
39:50disappointed
39:54they
39:55tried
39:55to
39:55play
39:55the
39:55hypocrite's
39:56part
39:56on the
39:57most
39:57dangerous
39:58ground
39:58just
39:59when
39:59the
40:00divine
40:00spirit
40:00of
40:01purity
40:01sincerity
40:02and
40:03truth
40:03had
40:04been
40:04abundantly
40:05called
40:05out
40:05when
40:06the
40:06spirit
40:06of
40:07deceit
40:07and
40:07hypocrisy
40:08was
40:09therefore
40:09at once
40:09immediately
40:10recognised
40:14it
40:15was
40:15with
40:15the
40:15apostles
40:16and
40:16their
40:16spiritual
40:17natures
40:17then
40:18as
40:18it
40:18is
40:19with
40:19ourselves
40:20and
40:20our
40:20physical
40:21natures
40:21still
40:23when
40:23we live
40:24in a
40:24crowded
40:24city
40:25we
40:25notice
40:26not
40:27strange
40:27scents
40:28and
40:28ill
40:29odours
40:29and
40:30foul
40:30gases
40:30our
40:32senses
40:32are
40:33dull
40:33and
40:34our
40:34perceptive
40:35breezes
40:36from
40:36mountain
40:36and
40:37more
40:37rendered
40:39unsensible
40:44the
40:45outpoured
40:45presence
40:46of the
40:46spirit
40:47however
40:47and
40:48the
40:48abounding
40:49love
40:49which
40:49was
40:49produced
40:50thereby
40:50quickened
40:51the
40:52perception
40:52of
40:52saint
40:53peter
40:53immediately
40:54he saw
40:55the
40:55hypocrisy
40:57characterised
40:57the sin
40:58of
40:58ananias
40:59as a
40:59lie
41:00against
41:00the
41:00holy
41:01spirit
41:01and
41:02then
41:02the
41:03spirit
41:03and
41:04giver
41:04of
41:04life
41:06seconding
41:06and
41:07supporting
41:07the
41:07words
41:08of
41:08saint
41:08peter
41:09withdraw
41:10his
41:10support
41:11from
41:11the
41:11human
41:12frame
41:12of
41:12the
41:12sinner
41:13and
41:14ananias
41:15ceased
41:16to
41:16live
41:17just
41:18as
41:18sapphira
41:19his
41:20partner
41:20in
41:21deceit
41:21ceased
41:22to
41:22live
41:23a
41:23few
41:23hours
41:24later
41:32the
41:32deaths
41:33of
41:33ananias
41:34and
41:34sapphira
41:34have
41:35been
41:35often
41:36the
41:36subject
41:36of
41:37criticism
41:37and
41:38objection
41:39by
41:40people
41:40who
41:40do
41:40not
41:40realise
41:41the
41:41awfulness
41:42of
41:42their
41:42position
41:44the
41:45full
41:45depth
41:45of
41:46their
41:46life
41:46and
41:47the
41:47importance
41:48of
41:48the
41:48lesson
41:49taught
41:49by
41:49their
41:49punishment
41:50to
41:51the
41:51church
41:51of
41:51every
41:52age
41:53their
41:54position
41:54was
41:55especially
41:55awful
41:56for
41:57they
41:57were
41:57brought
41:57into
41:57the
41:58closest
41:58contact
41:58as
41:59no
41:59Christian
41:59can
42:00now
42:00be
42:00brought
42:00with
42:01the
42:01powers
42:02of
42:02the
42:02world
42:02to
42:03come
42:06to
42:07was
42:07proven
42:08during
42:08those
42:08earliest
42:09days
42:09in
42:10a
42:10manner
42:10and
42:11style
42:11of
42:11which
42:11we
42:11hear
42:12nothing
42:12during
42:13the
42:13later
42:13years
42:14of
42:14the
42:14apostles
42:15he
42:16proved
42:16his
42:16presence
42:17by
42:17physical
42:18manifestations
42:19as
42:20when the
42:20whole
42:20house
42:21was
42:21shaken
42:21where
42:22the
42:22apostles
42:22were
42:23gathered
42:23a
42:24phenomenon
42:25of
42:25which
42:25we
42:25read
42:26nothing
42:26in
42:26the
42:26latter
42:26portion
42:27of
42:27the
42:27Acts
42:27by the gift of tongues
42:30by the miracles of healing
42:31by abounding spiritual life
42:33and discernment
42:34by physical demonstrations
42:36the most careless and thoughtless
42:40in the Christian community
42:42were compelled
42:44to understand
42:45their supernatural power
42:46was present in their midst
42:48and especially resting upon the apostles
42:52and yet
42:53it was into such an atmosphere
42:55that the spirit of hypocrisy
42:57and covetedness
42:59the two vices to which
43:01Christianity was especially opposed
43:03and which the great master
43:05had specifically denounced
43:07obtruded itself
43:09as Satan gained entrance
43:11into Eden
43:12to defile with their found presence
43:15the chosen dwelling place
43:17of the Holy Spirit
43:19the Holy Spirit vindicated
43:21his authority therefore
43:22because as it must be observed
43:25it was not Peter sentenced
43:27Ananias to death
43:30no one may have been more surprised
43:32than St. Peter himself
43:33at the consequences
43:35which followed his stern rebuke
43:39Peter merely declared the sin
43:41you have not lied to men
43:43but to God
43:46and then it is said
43:48Ananias on hearing these words
43:50felt them
43:51and gave up his life
43:54it was a stern action indeed
43:56but then all God's judgments
43:59have a stern side
44:02Ananias and Sapphira
44:03were cut off
44:04in their sin
44:06but men are every day
44:07summoned into eternity
44:09in precisely the same state
44:11and the same way
44:13and the only difference
44:14is that in the case of Ananias
44:16we see the sin
44:17which provoked the punishment
44:19and then we see the punishment
44:21immediately following
44:23Men object to this narrative
44:25because they have a one-sided concept
44:28of Christianity
44:28such as this period
44:30of the world
44:30that we delight in
44:33They would make it
44:34a religion of pure
44:35unmitigated love
44:36They would eliminate
44:38from it every trace
44:39of sternness
44:40and so would leave it
44:42a poor, weak, flabby thing
44:44with neither backbone
44:45nor earnestness
44:47and utterly unlike
44:49all other dispensations
44:51of the law
44:52who have both
44:53their stern sides
44:54and aspects
44:55as well
44:57as their love
45:01It may well have been
45:03that this incident
45:03was inserted
45:04in this typical church history
45:06to correct a false idea
45:09which might otherwise
45:09have grown up
45:12The Jews were quite well accustomed
45:14to regard the Almighty
45:16as a God of judgment
45:16as well
45:17as a God of love
45:18Perhaps
45:20we might even say
45:21that they viewed him
45:22more in the former light
45:24than the latter
45:27Our Lord was obliged
45:28in fact
45:29to direct some of his
45:30most searching discourses
45:32to rebuke
45:33this tendency
45:35The Galileans
45:37whose blood pilots
45:38had mingled
45:39with their sacrifices
45:40the men
45:41upon whom
45:42the tower
45:42of Siloam fell
45:45Neither party
45:46were sinners
45:46above all
45:48that were at Jerusalem
45:49or were punished
45:50as such
45:52Such
45:53was his teaching
45:54in opposition
45:55to the popular idea
45:58The Apostles
45:59were at once
46:00quite ready
46:01to ascribe
46:02the infirmity
46:02of the man
46:03born blind
46:04to the direct judgment
46:06of the Almighty
46:07upon himself
46:07or perhaps
46:09upon his parents
46:11but men
46:12are apt
46:12to rush
46:13from one extreme
46:14to another
46:16The Apostles
46:17and their followers
46:18were now beginning
46:19to realise
46:20their freedom
46:21in the spirit
46:21and some perhaps
46:23were inclining
46:24to run into
46:25vicinuousness
46:26as the result
46:27of that freedom
46:29They were realising
46:30too
46:31their relationship
46:31to God
46:32was one of pure
46:34filial love
46:35and they were
46:36becoming
46:37in great danger
46:38of forgetting
46:39that God
46:39was also
46:40a God
46:40of justice
46:41and judgment
46:42as well
46:43until this
46:45stern dispensation
46:46recalled them
46:47to the sense
46:49of the fact
46:49that eternal love
46:50is also
46:51eternal purity
46:52and eternal truth
46:56and will
46:57by no means
46:57absolve
46:58the guilty
47:01This
47:01lesson
47:02is very necessary
47:03for every age
47:04of the church
47:07Men are always
47:08inclined
47:09and never
47:09perhaps
47:09so much
47:10as at the present
47:11time
47:11to look away
47:13from the severe
47:14side of religion
47:14or even to deny
47:16that religion
47:16can have a severe
47:17side at all
47:18This tendency
47:20in religious matters
47:21is indeed
47:22simply
47:23an exhibition
47:24of the spirit
47:25of the age
47:26It is a time
47:28of great material
47:29prosperity
47:29and comfort
47:30when pain
47:32is regarded
47:33as the greatest
47:33possible evil
47:34softness
47:36ease
47:37and enjoyment
47:38the greatest
47:39possible good
47:40Men shrink
47:42from inflicting
47:43pain
47:43even upon
47:44the greatest
47:45criminals
47:45and this spirit
47:47infects their religion
47:49which they would
47:50prefer to turn
47:51into a mere
47:52matter of
47:52weakly sentiment
47:55Against
47:56such a notion
47:57the judicial
47:59action of the
48:00Holy Spirit
48:01in this case
48:02raises
48:03an eternal
48:04protest
48:05warning the church
48:07against a one-sided
48:08and partial
48:09view of truth
48:10bidding her
48:11never
48:12to lower
48:13her standard
48:14of the world's
48:15call
48:16men may
48:17ignore the
48:18fact that
48:18God has
48:19his severe
48:20aspect
48:20and his
48:21stern
48:21dispensations
48:22in nature
48:23but yet
48:25the fact
48:25remains
48:27as it is
48:29in nature
48:29so it is
48:30in God
48:31God is
48:32merciful
48:33and loving
48:33to the
48:34penitent
48:35but towards
48:37the hypocrite
48:38and the
48:39covetous
48:39he is a
48:40stern
48:41judge
48:42as the
48:43punishment
48:43of
48:43Ananias
48:44and
48:45Sapphira
48:45proved
48:46to us
48:52this
48:53seems to
48:54be one of
48:54the great
48:54permanent
48:55lessons for
48:55the church
48:56of every
48:56age
48:59but it
48:59is not
49:00the only
49:00one
49:01there are
49:02many others
49:02and they
49:03are most
49:03important
49:05we could
49:06draw them
49:06out at
49:07great length
49:07and with
49:08many modern
49:09applications
49:09and illustrations
49:12but let us
49:13take four
49:13great lessons
49:14which may be
49:15derived from
49:15this one
49:16transaction
49:18there is
49:19such a thing
49:19as acting
49:20as well
49:21as telling
49:21a falsehood
49:24Ananias
49:25did not
49:25say
49:26at any
49:27point
49:27that the
49:28money he
49:28brought
49:29was the
49:29whole price
49:29of his
49:30land
49:31but
49:32Sapphira
49:32did
49:32he simply
49:34allowed men
49:34to draw
49:35this conclusion
49:36for themselves
49:38suggesting
49:39merely by
49:40his conduct
49:40that he
49:41was doing
49:41exactly
49:42as
49:42Barnabas
49:43had done
49:48there was
49:49no silence
49:50in the
49:50apostolic
49:51church
49:51teaching
49:52how near
49:53to the
49:53borders
49:53of a
49:54lie
49:54a man
49:54may
49:55go
49:55without
49:56actually
49:56being
49:57guilty
49:57of
49:58lying
50:00but the
50:00lie
50:00of Ananias
50:01was a
50:02spiritual
50:02act
50:03a piece
50:04of deception
50:04attempted
50:05in the
50:05abyss
50:06of the
50:06human
50:07soul
50:07and
50:07perpetrated
50:08or attempted
50:09upon
50:10the Holy
50:11Spirit
50:12how often
50:13men lie
50:14after the
50:14same
50:14example
50:16they do
50:17not speak
50:17a lie
50:17but they
50:18act
50:18a lie
50:19throwing
50:20dust
50:20into the
50:21eyes
50:21of others
50:22as to
50:22their
50:23real
50:23motives
50:23and
50:24objects
50:24as
50:25Ananias
50:26did here
50:28he sold
50:29his estate
50:29he brought
50:30the money
50:31to the
50:31apostles
50:31and wanted
50:32them to
50:33believe
50:35that he
50:35was a
50:36man
50:36of
50:37extraordinary
50:38liberality
50:39and
50:39unselfishness
50:40like
50:42Barnabas
50:42just like
50:44the others
50:44who had
50:45sacrificed
50:45all
50:46while he
50:47enjoyed in
50:48private
50:48the balance
50:49that he
50:50had kept
50:50back
50:52Ananias
50:53wanted the
50:54best of
50:54both worlds
50:55and failed
50:56in his
50:57object
50:58he sought
50:59to obtain
51:00a great
51:00reputation
51:01among men
51:02but had
51:03no regard
51:04to the
51:04secret
51:05eye
51:05and
51:05judgment
51:05of the
51:06almighty
51:08alas
51:08how many
51:09of our
51:09actions
51:10how many
51:10of our
51:11piety
51:11and of
51:12our
51:12arms
51:12giving
51:13are
51:14tainted
51:15by precisely
51:16the same
51:16vice
51:18our good
51:19works
51:19are done
51:20with a
51:20view
51:20to man's
51:22praise
51:23and not
51:24in the
51:25sight
51:25of the
51:26eternal
51:26God
51:30what an
51:31illustration
51:31we find
51:32in this
51:32passage
51:33of the
51:33saying
51:34of the
51:34apostle
51:35the love
51:36of money
51:36is the
51:37root of
51:37all evil
51:39which
51:39while some
51:40coveted
51:41after
51:41they have
51:42erred from
51:43the faith
51:43and pierced
51:44themselves
51:44with many
51:45sorrows
51:47the other
51:48scriptures
51:48are also
51:49full of
51:49warnings
51:50against
51:50this
51:51vice
51:51of
51:51covetousness
51:52and so
51:53this
51:53typical
51:54history
51:54does not
51:55leave the
51:55church
51:55without
51:56an
51:56illustration
51:57of
51:58its
51:58power
51:58or
51:59danger
52:00surely
52:01if
52:02but a
52:02time
52:02when
52:03the
52:03supernatural
52:03forces
52:04of the
52:04unseen
52:05light
52:05were
52:06especially
52:07shown
52:07this
52:09vice
52:09intruded
52:10into
52:10the
52:10special
52:11sphere
52:11of
52:11their
52:11influence
52:12the
52:13church
52:14of
52:14every
52:15age
52:16should
52:16be
52:16on
52:17its
52:17perpetual
52:17guard
52:18against
52:19the
52:19spirit
52:19of
52:20covetousness
52:21on
52:22which
52:22the
52:22bible
52:22characterizes
52:23idolatry
52:28what a
52:29responsibility
52:29is involved
52:30in being
52:31brought near
52:32to god
52:32as members
52:33of his
52:34son's
52:34church
52:36they
52:36there
52:38were
52:38the prince
52:39in abundance
52:40in
52:40jerusalem
52:41but they
52:42had not
52:42been blessed
52:43as ananias
52:44had been
52:44and therefore
52:45they were not
52:46punished
52:46as he
52:48there is
52:49a reality
52:50in our
52:50connection
52:50with christ
52:51which must
52:52tell upon
52:52us
52:52if not
52:54for good
52:54then
52:55absolutely
52:56for evil
52:59christ
52:59is either
53:00the saviour
53:00of life
53:01unto life
53:02or the
53:03saviour
53:03of death
53:04unto death
53:05unto all
53:06brought into
53:06contact
53:07with them
53:09in a far
53:10more awful
53:10sense than
53:11for the
53:11jews
53:12the words
53:13of the
53:13prophet
53:13ezekiel
53:14are true
53:16that
53:16which
53:17comes
53:17into
53:18your
53:18mind
53:18shall
53:19not
53:19be
53:19at
53:20all
53:20that
53:21you
53:21say
53:21we
53:22will
53:22be
53:23as
53:23the
53:23heathen
53:23as
53:24the
53:24families
53:25of the
53:25countries
53:26who
53:27serve
53:27wood
53:28and stone
53:32lastly
53:32let us learn
53:33from this
53:34history
53:34how to
53:34cast out
53:35the fear
53:35of one
53:36another
53:37by the
53:37greater
53:38and more
53:38awful
53:38fear
53:39of god
53:40the fear
53:41of man
53:42is a good
53:42thing
53:43in a degree
53:44we should
53:45have respect
53:46to the
53:46opinion
53:47of our
53:47fellows
53:48and strive
53:48to win
53:49it in a
53:49legitimate
53:50way
53:51but
53:52Ananias
53:53and his
53:53consort
53:54desired the
53:55good opinion
53:55of the
53:56Christian
53:56community
53:57regardless
53:58of the
53:59approval
53:59of the
54:00watchful
54:00eye of
54:01the
54:01supreme
54:01judge
54:02who
54:03interposed
54:03to teach
54:04his people
54:05by an
54:05awful
54:05example
54:06the new
54:07dispensation
54:08of love
54:09as well
54:10as in
54:10the old
54:11dispensation
54:11of the
54:12law
54:12that the
54:13fear
54:14of the
54:14Lord
54:14is the
54:15beginning
54:15of
54:16wisdom
54:16and that
54:18they
54:18and they
54:18alone
54:19have a
54:19good
54:20understanding
54:20who
54:21order
54:22their
54:22lives
54:22according
54:23to that
54:23fear
54:24whether
54:25in their
54:25secret
54:26thoughts
54:26or in
54:27their
54:28public
54:28actions
54:33let us
54:34pray
54:36O
54:36God
54:37our
54:38refuge
54:38and strength
54:39who
54:40is the
54:40author
54:41of all
54:41godliness
54:42be ready
54:43we beseech
54:44you
54:44to hear
54:45the
54:45devout
54:45prayers
54:46of your
54:46church
54:48grant
54:48that
54:49those
54:49things
54:49which
54:50we
54:50ask
54:50faithfully
54:51we
54:52may
54:52obtain
54:53effectually
54:54through
54:55Jesus
54:55Christ
54:56our
54:57Lord
54:57Amen
55:03May the
55:04Lord bless
55:05us and
55:05keep us
55:06from all
55:06evil
55:07bringing
55:08us to
55:09everlasting
55:09life
55:11Amen
55:12Friends
55:13them
55:14are
55:14new
55:14którym