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IMO, They attempted to deceive to make themselves look good. The ministry of the Church is to draw attention to Jesus, and His work; NOT to us and our work.
God evidently thought that lying to call attention to ones' self was sufficiently dangerous to the life of the Church that it had to be dealt with severely to discourage the practice.
God evidently thought that lying to call attention to ones' self was sufficiently dangerous to the life of the Church that it had to be dealt with severely to discourage the practice.
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Ananias and Sapphira was clearly NOT believers....read the passage in context.
Ac 5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Here is the point...that false believers no longer came into the assembly...but more BELIEVERS where added to the assembly.
Ac 5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Here is the point...that false believers no longer came into the assembly...but more BELIEVERS where added to the assembly.
Agreed; they were going along with the crowd. They were swept up in a popular movement and were interested only in appearances. They thought that the price of their property minus what they skimmed off was the price they had to pay to join the club, but it turned out that they paid with their lives.
If GOD did that today, there wouldn't be a lot of people left in some churches...
If GOD did that today, there wouldn't be a lot of people left in some churches...
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Mitspa,
I agree with you quite often; but I don't see this. This seems to strip the parable of the tares of all meaning.
We still have believers who seek to call attention to themselves. Most such do do by doing and boasting rather than by lying about what they have done.
In the early Church, lying to call attention to ones' self was sufficiently dangerous to the life of the Church that it had to be dealt with severely to discourage the practice.
I agree with you quite often; but I don't see this. This seems to strip the parable of the tares of all meaning.
We still have believers who seek to call attention to themselves. Most such do do by doing and boasting rather than by lying about what they have done.
In the early Church, lying to call attention to ones' self was sufficiently dangerous to the life of the Church that it had to be dealt with severely to discourage the practice.