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NASB | Acts 5:11 And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 5:11 And great fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things. |
Subject: Why was there fear here? |
Bible Note: Greetings Dr. Axien! Thank you for your observations. As I consider this passage it strikes me that the people were perhaps afraid of the wrong thing. Note that Acts 5:13 tells us that they dared not associate with them (meaning the Apostles)I suspect that they had elevated the Apostles to a place that rightly belongs only to Christ. I suspect their focus was on temporal things and they attributed "power" to the Apostles apart from the indwelling Spirit. I also suspect that some "believers" do the same with their leaders today. We fear the one who could "kill the body" rather than the ONE who can kill the soul. (Mt 10:28) God desires truth in the innermost being (Ps 51:6). Imo, Annanias and Sapphria were not judged, for Christ was judged on our behalf, but met with God's discipline (for lying to Him) unto death. Yet do we take "telling the truth" seriously today? How much "lip service" do we give God? Do we really believe what He says about who HE is? About who WE are IN Christ? If we did, YOU would be in another line of work! Blessings, mommapbs |