Do Not Be Like These People 6
Ananias and Sapphira
"A man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold some property. They agreed to hold back some of the money they had pledged and turned only part of it over to the apostles." Acts 5:1-2
Continuing on this series which is about putting a name or a face to people who we should not be like, we come upon a husband and wife, believers, who gained notoriety during the early church.
Again, let me state that although Scriptures show us traits that are undesirable in God's Kingdom, this series is really to allow us to see that the bible do show us examples of real people, so as to put a name to these personalities we ought not to be like
Let me just start that in the fifth chapter of the Book of Matthew, it was recorded that Jesus said not to make a vow to the Lord, most definitely one which you cannot follow through or worse have no intention of accomplishing altogether. And there are countless pompous people who are so full of themselves and promise so many things but hardly can make good on a single one of their boastful pledges.
And this is not uncommon. Worse, people promise God one thing, but do something else entirely. And even worse if it was planned, premeditated or done to selfishly gain something from doing so. Now, it is really one thing to try to trick people, but having the audacity to try to pull a fast one on God Himself, and be given a chance to come out clean but still lie through one's teeth, then yes, that is not a very wise move.
Here is that portion from Matthew and it is really self-explanatory:
“You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘Never break your oath, but give to the Lord what you swore in an oath to give him.’ But I tell you don’t swear an oath at all. Don’t swear an oath by heaven, which is God’s throne, or by the earth, which is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, which is the city of the great King. And don’t swear an oath by your head. After all, you cannot make one hair black or white. Simply say yes or no. Anything more than that comes from the evil one." Matthew 5:33-37
If you do not know what happened to Ananias and his wife Sapphira after they vowed to give something to the Lord but changed their mind and didn't do it, and continued to lie about it? Then know that the Lord made them into a hard lesson for all early believers, that placed a fear of the Lord upon them.
"A man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold some property. They agreed to hold back some of the money they had pledged and turned only part of it over to the apostles." Acts 5:1-2
Continuing on this series which is about putting a name or a face to people who we should not be like, we come upon a husband and wife, believers, who gained notoriety during the early church.
Again, let me state that although Scriptures show us traits that are undesirable in God's Kingdom, this series is really to allow us to see that the bible do show us examples of real people, so as to put a name to these personalities we ought not to be like
Let me just start that in the fifth chapter of the Book of Matthew, it was recorded that Jesus said not to make a vow to the Lord, most definitely one which you cannot follow through or worse have no intention of accomplishing altogether. And there are countless pompous people who are so full of themselves and promise so many things but hardly can make good on a single one of their boastful pledges.
And this is not uncommon. Worse, people promise God one thing, but do something else entirely. And even worse if it was planned, premeditated or done to selfishly gain something from doing so. Now, it is really one thing to try to trick people, but having the audacity to try to pull a fast one on God Himself, and be given a chance to come out clean but still lie through one's teeth, then yes, that is not a very wise move.
Here is that portion from Matthew and it is really self-explanatory:
“You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘Never break your oath, but give to the Lord what you swore in an oath to give him.’ But I tell you don’t swear an oath at all. Don’t swear an oath by heaven, which is God’s throne, or by the earth, which is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, which is the city of the great King. And don’t swear an oath by your head. After all, you cannot make one hair black or white. Simply say yes or no. Anything more than that comes from the evil one." Matthew 5:33-37
If you do not know what happened to Ananias and his wife Sapphira after they vowed to give something to the Lord but changed their mind and didn't do it, and continued to lie about it? Then know that the Lord made them into a hard lesson for all early believers, that placed a fear of the Lord upon them.
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