Deceitful Thinking
Pastor Wesley & Yajhna Sing · 1 min read
“But a man named Ananias—his wife, Sapphira, conniving in this with him—sold a piece of land, secretly kept part of the price for himself, and then brought the rest to the apostles and made an offering of it. Peter said, “Ananias, how did Satan get you to lie to the Holy Spirit and secretly keep back part of the price of the field? Before you sold it, it was all yours, and after you sold it, the money was yours to do with as you wished. So what got into you to pull a trick like this? You didn’t lie to men but to God.” Ananias, when he heard those words, fell down dead. That put the fear of God into everyone who heard of it. The younger men went right to work and wrapped him up, then carried him out and buried him.”
Ananias was under no obligation to sell his property and bring the money to the apostles. He decided to sell the property and then bring money to the apostles but he was not truthful about how much he sold the property for. The fact that he brought the money to the disciples seems noble but his motive was all wrong. He lied to the Holy Spirit. This cost him his life. what a pity.
In my opinion he was trying to gain favour with the apostles. Deceit never takes you a long way. Remove deceitful thinking from your life.
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From the September 2024 issue, themed RELENTLESS IN MY DECISION MAKING.
