使徒行传5：教会的纯真与能力
 
GK611晨祷生命读经 
12.05.2026 
主讲：陈炎明牧师

 引言：
真正有能力的教会，不只是“很火热”，而是“很真实”；不只是外面有神迹，更是里面有圣洁。

一、生命被什么给充满？（5:1-11）
在人人经历圣灵充满的初期教会，大家都显出异常的生命。就像亚拿尼亚和撒非喇这一对夫妻，他们竟然受感动变卖自己的田产去奉献给教会。这本来是一件十分美好的事情，可惜彼得却责问他们：“为什么撒旦充满你的心？”这岂不是一个很值得我们反省的事情吗？在圣灵充满的状态中，怎么还会被撒旦充满呢？

这是非常现实的基督徒生命考验？一面遵守真理，一面“违反”真理？到底我们的生命被什么给充满？基督徒的生命很考验是否真的“Pure & Simple”（单纯与真诚）！

二、神迹是怎么会发生？（5:12-16）
神乐于拯救世人，包括以致疾病，显出大能。但是这“神迹”不是自然发生，也往往不是单靠自己祷告。从教会开始以来，圣灵都乐于透过“器皿”彰显祂的大能作为。当年使徒们被圣灵充满之后，大大被圣灵使用，甚至到一个地步，仿佛整个人都被“圣化”了，就连自己都影子都带出医治的能力！这经文要告诉我们的不是“神迹神学”的原则问题，而是告诉我们原来神的作为可以去到什么程度。这是我们可以期待的属灵追求不是吗？

三、经历能力难免考验（5:17-32）
即使神介入基督徒的现实生活，但这并不表示我们就脱离了自然世界中的诸多问题。有仇敌兴起不信神的当权者施予破坏攻击，甚至把满有圣灵能力的使徒捉拿下监狱…；神没有阻止这事发生，但是在考验中却有更多可学习的地方。例如：神可以施行超自然的拯救、好让主内肢体可以更迫切的祷告、当神迹发生时所有人都看见神都作为、这正是为主作见证的机会啊！

四、神工作人无法除灭（5:33-42）
当公会想要除灭使徒时，迦玛列却提醒众人：若这工作只是出于人，终究会像过去那些人的运动一样自行消失；但若是出于神，人就无法毁坏，反而可能是在敌挡神。结果使徒虽然被鞭打、被禁止传道，却没有退缩，反而欢喜自己配为主受苦，并继续天天传讲耶稣。这里让我们看见：真正出于神的工作，可能会经历逼迫，却永远无法被人真正拦阻。

总结：圣灵充满的教会
圣洁真实的教会—不是外表宗教化。
带来能力与见证—是真正吸引人的。
福音会面对抵挡—但神的工不受限。
门徒勇敢顺从神—付代价仍跟随主。



  

Acts Chapter 5:  The Purity and Power of the Church
 GK611 Morning Devotion 
12.05.2026
Speaker: Rev David Tan 

 Introduction: 
A truly powerful church is not merely ‘passionate’, but ‘authentic’; not only displaying miracles outwardly, but also possessing holiness inwardly.

 I. What Fills Our Lives? (5:1–11)
I the early church, where everyone experienced the fullness of the Holy Spirit, everyone displayed extraordinary vitality. Take the couple Ananias and Sapphira, for instance: they were moved to sell their property and give the proceeds to the church. This should have been a beautiful act；yet Peter rebuked them, asking, “Why has satan filled your heart?” This is something deeply worth reflecting on. How could someone in a Spirit-filled environment still be filled by satan?
Is this a very real test of the Christian life? To uphold the truth on the one hand, yet ‘violate’ it on the other? What exactly is filling our lives? The Christian life is a test of whether we are truly ‘Pure & Simple’!

II. How Do Miracles Happen? (5:12–16) 
God delights in saving people, including through the healing of sickness to display His mighty power. Yet these ‘miracles’ do not occur naturally, nor are they usually achieved by prayer alone. From the very beginning of the Church, the Holy Spirit has delighted in manifesting His mighty works through human ‘vessels’. 

After the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit, they were greatly used by God. It even seemed as though their whole beings had become “sanctified,” to the point that even Peter’s shadow carried healing power. This passage is not primarily teaching us the principles of a “theology of miracles,” but rather showing us how far God’s work can go. Is this not the kind of spiritual pursuit we should long for and expect?

III. Experiencing Power Inevitably Involves Trials (5:17–32) 
Even though God intervenes in the daily lives of Christians, this does not mean we are exempt from the many problems of the natural world. Enemies arise, and those in authority who do not believe in God launch destructive attacks, even arresting apostles filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and throwing them into prison. God did not prevent these things from happening, yet there is much to learn from such trials. For example: God can perform supernatural deliverance, so that the body of Christ may pray with greater urgency; when miracles occur, everyone witnesses God at work—this is precisely an opportunity to bear witness for the Lord!

IV. God’s Work Cannot Be Destroyed by Man (5:33–42) 
When the Sanhedrin sought to destroy the apostles, Gamaliel reminded them: if this work were merely of human origin, it would eventually fade away like the movements of men in the past; but if it were of God, men could not destroy it, and indeed might be opposing God. Consequently, although the apostles were flogged and forbidden to preach, they did not retreat. Rather, they rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer for the Lord, and continued to preach Jesus day by day. Here we see that a work truly from God may face persecution, yet it can never truly be hindered by human means.

Conclusion: A Church Filled with the Holy Spirit
A holy and authentic church—not merely outwardly religious.
Carrying power and testimony—truly drawing people to Christ.
The Gospel will face opposition—yet God’s work knows no bounds.
Disciples courageously obey God—following the Lord even at a cost.