Dave Gudgel - November 16, 2014
Filled With Fear
When it comes to excuses for not plugging into a local church, hypocrisy is high on the list. “I’m not interested. The church is full of hypocrites.”
Fakers, frauds, and fabricators. Tragic isn’t it? Especially when you consider the story of Ananias and Sapphira found in Acts 5, the biblical passage we will be examining this Sunday. Through this incident, God Himself made it very clear to the early church that He takes lying very seriously.
But to this day, good people – church people – fake it. What’s up with that? We’ll find out this Sunday.
From Series: "Filled"
This Week: "Filled With Allegiance"
Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.
Most of us have made pledges of some kind. Frat pledges. Fund Raising pledges. Bible pledges. Scout pledges. Professional pledges. Sobriety pledges. Internet safety pledges. And of course we as citizens of the United States have pledged our allegiance to America.
Allegiance isn’t something we do much talking about today, but maybe we should. It’s an expression of loyalty, dedication, commitment, devotion, sacrifice, and much more.
The early church demonstrated serious allegiance to the cause of Christ. So much so that it got them in trouble at times. But it was a good trouble. This Sunday we’ll see why as we continue our study in the book of Acts.