Acts 4:33

‘And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.'

Meanwhile the testimony also went on through the Apostles. They witnessed everywhere with great power, testifying to the resurrection of ‘the Lord, Jesus', the One Who had been raised from the dead and enthroned as ‘'Lord' over all (Acts 2:36). And the whole church as a whole greatly experienced the gracious favour of God. It was a period of continual blessing and rejoicing.

‘With great power.' While this may include the power which enabled the performing of the miracles it is not to be limited to that. The Apostles revealed power in all that they did and said. Their word was the word of the cross which is the power of God to those who are being saved (1 Corinthians 1:18). It was the word of the Gospel which is the power of God unto salvation for those who believe (Romans 1:16). It was the power of the word of the resurrection.

‘And great grace was on them all.' All who are His know the greatness of the grace of God, of God's unmerited love and favour, of His kindness and compassion. Without it none of us would be His. But this was something more. God was present among them in an unusual way. His unmerited love and favour moved them to be the same. They were filled with kindness and compassion. They walked constantly in His light. God was revealing His special favours. They were enjoying superabundance of blessing. They were fully conscious of ‘living in heavenly places'. (See Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 2:6). It is in the light of such an exalted atmosphere that we must judge the sin of Ananias and Sapphira.