Acts 5:7-10 (KJV) Should a Wife Submit Absolutely?

Acts 5:7-10 (KJV)

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
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.

Acts 4:19-20 the disciples say they cannot but speak the things they had seen and heard.[1]

Acts 5:29 “We ought to obey God rather than men.”[2]

In light of these, there is the account of Ananias and Sapphira. Sapphira loses her life because she conspired with her husband to lie against the Holy Ghost. She was responsible for obeying God rather than men, even as the apostles were.

Some teach that the woman must so submit to her husband and that even if he wants to do an evil thing, she should obey him. Sarah calling Her husband lord and allowing him to give her to Pharoah of Egypt is cited as support. Sometimes an illustration of an umbrella is used to describe how, so long as she is submitted to her husband, she is under an “umbrella or protection.”

Sapphira’s umbrella did not protect her. She was personally responsible before God.

There are tiers of authority in the plan of God, and we ought to come under them. But the ultimate authority is God as He instructs in the Word of God. Therefore, if any authority: marriage, parent, or government requires us to do what we clearly see is instructed against in the Bible, we are responsible for obeying God rather than men, regardless the cost.

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[1] Acts 4:19-20 (KJV)
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

[2] Acts 5:28-29 (KJV)
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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Acts 5:7-10 (KJV) Should a Wife Submit Absolutely?

Acts 4:13 (KJV) Salvation of A Supernatural Sort

 

Acts 4:13 (KJV)

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Albert Barnes’s Notes says, “It is not said in what way they obtained this evidence, but the connection leads us to suppose it was by the miracle which they had performed, by their firm and bold declaration of the doctrines of Jesus, and perhaps by the irresistible conviction that none would be thus bold who had not been personally with him, and who had not the firmest conviction that he was the Messiah.”

Either:

• By the miracles
• By their doctrine or
• By their conviction

Two of the three are still at work today. The third of the three, while not supernatural in our day, as in the interruption of nature, may appear to be when God works so that lives are changed from the natural man to the spiritual.

If our doctrines were preached today with the firm conviction that Jesus is alive and at work through His Word, we would see much more of the miraculous in the way of salvation. But, as it is, the professions of faith we see so much of today are thoroughly of a natural sort.

Any salesman can teach the most unregenerate of men to do it.

Plenty of salesmen have done just that.

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Acts 3:5 (KJV) Be Bold!

Acts 3:5 (KJV)
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

The world is filled with people that expect to receive something from preachers, ministers, and houses of worship. The trouble is that many of those involved in the ministry have come to look for ways to give seekers what they expect rather than what God has given us.

I cannot know what material resources Peter and John may have had at this point in their lives. Though they were never wealthy, so far as I can tell, they were men of means. That they said “silver and gold have I none” doesn’t mean they were as financially destitute as the lame man had been. It does mean they saw themselves as incapable of providing for this man’s need in their flesh. 

They never suggested giving him food. They did not offer to teach him to fish. At no time did they consider digging him a well or building him a tiny house. They gave him the thing he would not have expected.

We can give people the same, if we but believe it is of value to give. We can give them Jesus, and we can give them a walk with Christ. If they are happy enough to receive that, and if we are bold enough to offer it, we might change this world.

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Acts 2:34 (KJV) David Is Dead and Buried

Acts 2:34 (KJV)
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

The book of Acts and chapter two helps us establish a doctrinal truth that begins with the promise of God to David that one from his family would reign in Jerusalem forever. Many Old Testament prophecies, and several gospel references, speak of this prophecy. The key to understanding it is to recognize that, unless clearly stated otherwise, the reference to David is, in fact, prophetical of Jesus.

David is dead and buried. His body did and still does see corruption. Though I believe David will one day be resurrected, the passages are fulfilled in Jesus Christ, whose body did not see corruption, being raised on the third day.

Ezekiel 34 says, for instance, that Israel will have one shepherd, David.[1] That prophecy is answered in our chief shepherd, Jesus.

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[1] Ezekiel 34:23 (KJV)
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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Acts 1:9 (KJV) Witnesses of All These Things

Acts 1:9 (KJV)
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

When He had spoken these things:

• He had spoken to them things concerning the kingdom of God
• He had told them it was not for them to know the time
• He had spoken to them of a promise of power
• He had spoken to them about being witnesses

Those things they had witnessed were:
His death
These were people who had known the Lord before His death and were witnesses of the historical fact of His crucifixion.

His burial
These were people who could all give witness that after His death, He was buried.

His resurrection

All these people bore witness that the Christ with whom they spoke had been dead and was once again alive.

His message
They had heard Him preach and teach both before and after He rose again.

His ascension
Which was just about to take place. They witnessed as He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

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Ezekiel 34:12 (KJV) The ONE and ONLY Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:12 (KJV)
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 34:2 says  “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, …” The chapter develops that God would take the duties of the shepherd upon Himself. By the end of the chapter God said that Israel would have just one shepherd:

Ezekiel 34:23 (KJV)
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

I believe David to be prophetic of Jesus Christ, who came from the family of David and will rule from the throne of David in Jerusalem.

The shepherd, in this case, is a reference to the rulers of Israel. (I understand that the first reference to a ruler on cuneiform was the term “rui,” meaning shepherd.)

I made a quick study about the shepherd in the New Testament this morning. The term is only found, I think, eighteen times. Other than passages that are factual, such as the shepherds keeping watch over the flocks by night, every time it’s used in a spiritual connotation, it is either negative (such as the hireling), or it speaks of Jesus Christ. He is not only the chief shepherd, the good shepherd, and the great shepherd – he is the only shepherd.

As a pastor, this chapter is of concern to me. The three typical terms used for the pastor are: pastor (shepherd), bishop (overseer), and elder (wisdom and counsel). But the term pastor is only found once in the New Testament. (The function of feeding the sheep is abundant. The function of overseer is the most frequently used in the New Testament – one of the three times Jesus told Peter to feed the sheep, the word feed is a term for oversight. The term pastor may refer to a shepherd but also an overseer.)

I think 1 Peter 5:1-4 (KJV) sums up the ministry best
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

• We do feed
• We do watch over and guard but
• We do it not as leaders but as ensamples and

We mostly point others to the ONE and ONLY Shepherd, Jesus Christ.

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Ezekiel 34:12 (KJV) The ONE and ONLY Shepherd

John 21:20 (KJV) The Remarkable Human Trait of Deflection

John 21:20 (KJV)

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

Jesus had just told Peter, “Follow me.” The very next words in the Word of God is “Then Peter, turning about…”

Peter demonstrates the remarkable human trait of deflection. Perhaps, if Jesus’ attention could be placed upon another, the other would be responsible to feed His sheep, give His life and follow the Lord.

The lesson is a difficult one because we are such “sheep like creatures.”[1] We do best in a flock. We feel safest hidden in a bunch of others who look and do just as we.

Truth be told, John’s course wasn’t that much different than Peter’s. It wasn’t the same, but it wasn’t that much different. They were both still in the Lord’s flock, and they would both feed God’s sheep. The point was that each man was to follow Jesus.

We belong in a flock, a body. But we must not try to hide from Jesus within that body. We should all look to the Lord and follow Him, leaving it up to the Lord how He will lead us, and leave it alone how He leads another.

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[1] And most of us don’t really like it.

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John 21:20 (KJV) The Remarkable Human Trait of Deflection