Acts 5-6
The Acts Church must have been an exciting time of spiritual renewal... people were added to their number every day... the sick were healed by Peter's shadow... jail doors were opened... and people shared all that they had. Not surprisingly, some people wanted to be a part of the spiritual awakening without the commitment. Ananias and Sapphira sold a piece of land and conspired to pretend to give all of the proceeds to the early church so that others would think highly of them. Instead they instantly fell dead. What appeared to them to be a sure-fired scheme to success was their ultimate downfall. How often do we scheme in analogous ways... hoping that others will think highly of us?
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