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To: crazylibertarian; All

I too say “No” here, but, how do we work in the events of Acts 5.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%205&version=NIV

“Ananias and Sapphira

5 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.

3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”

5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”

“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”

9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.”


32 posted on 04/05/2014 2:38:14 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Precisely. It was not thet they withheld part of their resources. They lied about it.


39 posted on 04/05/2014 2:44:46 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Conan the Librarian
how do we work in the events of Acts 5.

What about it?

They sold something they owned and gave part of it to the church. Up top this point they were doing fine, even laudable.

Where they fell was that they wanted credit for giving all when they only gave part.

To get that credit they lied.

Peter lays that out for them in verse four.

It did not matter what they gave or what they did not. The lie was all.

74 posted on 04/06/2014 4:39:26 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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