Introduction: There is no perfect church. If you ever find one, please don’t join it because if you did it wouldn’t be perfect anymore! No one is perfect. Happily, the Bible says God does not treat us as our sins deserve (Ps 103:10). But what if He did? What would that look that? We will find out today as we will study "Sin In Paradise." The issue here is God’s view of sin in the church and what we need to do about it.
Luke begins with a picture of paradise. (Acts 4:32-37 is another literary oasis, sprinkled by Luke throughout Acts. It is a summary of the state of the church. The first was back in Acts 2:42-47.) As in the Garden of Eden, when Satan temped Adam and Eve to sin, Satan will enter into this church paradise and tempt a different couple to sin (Ananias and Sapphira).
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Stephen Atkerson helps church leaders discover simple growth strategies that Jesus gave the early church. For over 30 years, he has worked with evangelists, missionaries, church planters, and pastors in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa. He is one of the pastors of a Baptist...
