Acts 5:1-11 | Greg Opean
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Greg Opean
Acts 5:1-11 | Greg Opean
Packinghouse’s Sunday morning worship service from November 23, 2025.
In Acts 5 we step into the only church on earth—a massive newborn body full of joy, generosity, and danger from within. After Barnabas’ sincere gift, Ananias and Sapphira chase image over reality, lying about their generosity to win applause, and Peter exposes it as a lie to the Holy Spirit—not about amounts, but about pretending. God subtracts their hypocrisy so He can multiply the church, because that one-upmanship, Hollywood-style image game would have killed a community meant to live by great grace. The lesson lands close: drop the mask, walk in the light, tell the truth about where you’re really at, and let Jesus give you the real thing—fellowship, cleansing, rest. Enjoy what God gives, give freely as He leads, and refuse the pressure to look “more spiritual” than you are; there’s one name worthy in the church, and it’s Jesus.