SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/11/2017
10:46 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
Solemn Purging
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Acts 5:11
Message of the
verses: “11 And great fear came over
the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.”
How would you like to be involved in a church that was a
thriving church doing things that bring great glory to the Lord Jesus Christ and
His cause and you walk into say, a Wednesday evening prayer service and you sit
down and your pastor tells you that a husband and a wife suddenly died because
they lied to the Lord and He just took them home to heaven. I suppose that as verse eleven tells us there
would be great fear come over that entire church after these things were
revealed. Now we mentioned that we
believe that both of these people were believers and thus were escorted into
heaven after their death. Not sure about
the reception they received ad we know that Christ died for their sins,
including these.
We can call what happened to this couple “church
discipline,” and as mentioned we looked at Revelation chapter one and talked
about the eyes of our glorified Lord as He looks at His church and desires for
it to be holy as after all the church is the bride of Christ. Let us look at 1 Timothy 5:19-20 “19 Do not
receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three
witnesses. 20 Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be
fearful of sinning.” The
highlighted section tells us something similar to what Acts 5:11 tells us and
that is that discipline from the Lord causes others to be fearful and not want
to sin. Now back for a moment to our
story from the beginning of this SD.
After you heard about the couple who had lied to the Lord and thus were
taken home, my question is what would you do if you thought about telling a lie
to someone? I think you see what
happened to this early church as there were probably no lies told in that
church for a very long time, or for that matter any sin.
John MacArthur concludes this section and this 12th
chapter in his commentary on the book of Acts with these words: “God’s strong desire for a pure church, and
His willingness to take drastic steps to achieve that desire, were obvious for
all to see. It was time, as Peter was
later to write, ‘for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it
begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the
gospel of God?’ (1 Peter 4:17).” Perhaps
Peter remembered this incident when he was inspirited to write from Psalm 34, ‘Let
him who means to live life and see good days refrain his tong from evil and his
lips from speaking guile’ (1 Peter 3:10).”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I think that at
all times in my walk with the Lord that I am to have fear (reverence) of Him so
that I will not do things that do not please the Lord, and when I fail I must
repent and confess my sins to the Lord. “The
successful Christian life is a series of new beginnings.”
My Steps of Faith for Today: Remember the Word of God when tempted to sin.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “His return” (John 14:3).
Today’s Bible
question: “Who said, “"Sir, if you
have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him
away?’”
Answer in our next SD.
10/11/2017 11:09 AM
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