ACTS 5 VS 1-11
1. Acts 5 vs 1- "Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property". They both agreed to sell one of their property to help the less privileged, which was a very good idea but the points is, when you have good idea, do you allow the Spirit of deceit to ruin you by not been true to yourself. No one forced or begged them to sell their property, if we see from Acts 4 vs 32-37,believers gave what they have. Are you giving what you have with the whole of your heart, hope you arent giving because you want to be praised or you want others to see that you are giving.
Do it willingly- 2Corinthians 9 vs 6-8
2. Acts 5 vs 2- "With his wife's full knowledge, he kept part of the money"-> The both of them did not have the Holyspirit which will direct their steps(Lack of Holyspirit in the life of couples leads to misbehavior)
b. You dont join multitude to do evil, if the wife was a believer and the man had planned evil and he told the man about it, she would have advised the man not to do it or would have prayed to God to stop the man from keeping part of the money.(John 5 vs 14-15)
C. "He brought the rest to the apostles"-> You dont give God a blemished offering;you dont give God a offering because others are giving, you dont give to God what doesn't come from your heart. Give to God the offering and tithe that comes from your mind, so it can be acceptable.
3. Acts 5 vs 3-> You can pretend to be pure to a man but you can never pretend to GOD because he sees all(Jeremiah 17 vs 9-10) Dont let satan fill your heart (Luke 6 vs 43-45) Let GOD dominate and fill your heart with good things(Romans 10 vs 9-11, John 8 vs 31-36, 1John 3 vs 7-9) (Romans 8 vs 13-16)
4. Acts 5 vs 4-> When we test the work of your hands with fire what result will it bring out(1Corinthians 3 vs 12-13) if your daily activities are brought to light now,what will the result be. 2Corinthians 5 vs 10
5. Acts 5 vs 5-6-> Every wrong doing is a sin-
1Corinthians 15 vs 34,56- come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God-I say this to your shame. The sting of death is sin.....(3John 11, Hebrews 9 vs 27)
6. Acts 5 vs 7-8-> God hate lies; lying is a sin. Endeavour to stop lying. It doesnt add to your glory. To those who think they are smart liars, its only brings forth the son or daughter of whom you are(the devil because he is the father of lies from the beginning of the world-John 8 vs 44, 1John 3 vs 9) lies makes you worthless in the sight of God- Proverbs 6 vs 16-17
7. Acts 5 vs 9- Dont test the Spirit of God( Deuteronomy 6 vs 16)Matthew 4 vs 7
8. Acts 5 vs 10-11-> Dont let your life be an evil example. Let your life bring forth light that shows good example of whom Christ want you to be- Philippians 2 vs 5.
Proverbs 6 vs 16-19. Isaiah 29 vs 13- what is stopping you from getting closer to God? Is it that sin that easily entangles you like lying- Hebrews 12 vs 1- Pray concerning it, be willingly and determined to leave your sinful life and allow God deal with it for you.
Make use of James 4 vs 7-8-Submit yourselves, then,to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.-(the only way you can resist the devil is by obeying the words of God and stop obeying the devil's words-1John 3 vs 9. 3John 11
And finally Romans 10 vs 9-11. I CALL YOU BLESSED
