This week we resumed our study through the book of Acts. Acts 5 covers the growing threats to the church, coming from both inside (Ananias and Sapphira) and outside of the church (the religious leaders). In this week’s passage, Peter and the other apostles are arrested, questioned, and flogged for preaching the name of Jesus. Sadly, this persecution does not come from the unbelieving Romans but from the high priest and the religious rulers of Israel. This passage clearly shows the glaring differences between the burning passion of Jesus’ disciples and the self-serving hypocrisy of the religious rulers who honor God with their mouths, but whose hearts are far from Him.