Acts 9:13-16 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:… I. WE LIVE IN A DAY OF BOLD, AGGRESSIVE WICKEDNESS, as personal, public, palpable as that of Saul, e.g., Sabbath breaking, licentiousness, intemperance, infidelity, gambling, corrupt literature, etc. II. THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES SANCTION AND UPHOLD OR FAIL TO SUPPRESS THESE CURSES, as in the case of Saul. III. LIKE ANANIAS, CHRISTIANS AND MORAL REFORMERS ARE UNDULY ALARMED AT THE POWER AND CIVIL AUTHORITY OF THESE EVILS. Right is mighty and will prevail (Ephesians 6:10-20). IV. LIKE ANANIAS WE SHOULD LAY ASIDE OUR FEARS AND TIMIDITY, and, seeing the right, go out and meet these foes face to face. V. HOW SHALL WE DO THIS GREAT WORK. 1. By earnest personal effort rebuking sin. 2. By combined and consecrated Christian effort. 3. By invoking civil as well as Divine power. Prohibition of wrong is God's law, and professedly man's also. Politicians cannot or will not save us. (T. S. Love.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: |
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