Peter exposed Ananias' lies: A Lying Couple P/2

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                                       A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                        PART V - II

"I, Peter, had a very sad experience today..... One of the believers came to see me.... His name was Ananias... He brought us funds to be used for the the needy in the Church.... Other believers have done so.... One of them was Barnabas.... He sold a piece of land and gave us the money he had received for it... The Church was so blessed by his actions.... However, this time the money was not a blessing..... This time the motive behind the giving was not pure.... No doubt, Ananias had heard what Barnabas had done.... And how everyone was praising him for his generosity.... And Ananias must have wanted the praise of other believers as well.... However he was very deceitful in his dealing with us.... For he decided to keep part of the money he had received for himself... He had the right to do so.... But he pretended that he had given us the full amount.... The Holy Spirit revealed to me that was not the case... He showed me Ananias was pretending he had given us the full amount while keeping part of it for himself....I needed to address his deceitful actions... So I did.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of the deceitful actions of a believer named Ananias....

 

                   ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS 

                                                          PART V - II

However, after Ananias had given that part of the money he and his wife had decided to give to the Apostles, something happened he was not prepared for; he had not considered that the Holy Spirit had seen and heard everything he and his wife had planned to do. And the Holy Spirit revealed to Peter the deceptive scheme of this  man and his wife as you can read in Acts 5:3-4

Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirti and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 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 to men but to God."

Peter spoke up after Ananias gave him the money and exposed the deception in his heart.

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