MUCH INTRACTABLE PERSECUTION
ACTS 5:26-42
1A. PERSECUTION COMES FROM MISUNDERSTANDING. 5:26-28
1B. OUR LIVES SHOULD BE DISTINCTIVELY GRACIOUS. 26
2B. OUR PURPOSES WILL BE DESTRUCTIVELY CONSTRUED. 27-28
2A. PERSECUTION COMES FROM THE CONFRONTATION OF THE GOSPEL. 5:29-33
1B. THE GOSPEL CONFRONTS DISOBEDIENT AUTHORITY. 5:29
2B. THE GOSPEL CONFRONTS GUILT. 5:30-32
3B. THE GOSPEL STIRS UP PASSION. 5:33
3A. PERSECUTION IS MODERATED BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 5:34-42
1B. THE LORD OF THE CHURCH USES WHATEVER MEANS HE CHOOSES TO FURTHER HIS WORD. 34-40a
2B. PERSECUTION REVEALS OUR VALUE SYSTEM. 40b-42
