Reasons Why God May Never Have Killed Ananias and Sapphire but The Puffed Up Nature of The Carnal Man

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I could give you a hundred scriptures to show you that God did not kill Ananias and Sapphira for their sins and to assure you that he won’t kill you for yours, but three should suffice:

(God) doesn’t punish us as our sins deserve. (Psalm 103:10, CEV)


The punishment that brought us peace was on him… (Isa 53:5b)

God is not counting people’s sins against them. (2 Cor 5:19b)

The very good news of Jesus is that your sins and my sins and the sins of that Connecticut pastor  who died after confessing he committed adultery and the sins of Ananias and Sapphira were condemned on the cross and there is nothing left to condemn! God was angry with your sins, which is why he poured out his wrath and dealt with them once and for all at Calvary (Rom 8:3).

Those who accuse God of killing sinners are confused about the cross. God doesn’t kill sinners, he saves sinners. God doesn’t hate sinners, he loves them!

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom 5:8)

If God killed Ananias and Sapphira then the Bible is wrong and Jesus is not the Lamb of God who carried the sins of the world. (If you’re wondering about Herod, read this.)

There’s no shortage of sinners in this world. Why would God kill one couple and leave the rest alone?

I’ve heard it said that God killed Ananias and Sapphira to warn and purify the infant church. By making an example out of these hypocrites, the church would be filled with a holy fear and kept safe from liars and cheats. If so, then God failed spectacularly. Liars, cheats and hypocrites have always been with us, and there were plenty in the New Testament church.

I’ve also heard it said that God set up this killing to establish the authority of his apostles. Never mind that Peter had been commissioned by the Lord and filled with the Holy Spirit. Like a kid going through a gangster initiation he had to kill someone to establish his bona fides. How absurd! How utterly inconsistent with the message Peter had been commissioned to preach.

Comments

Jennifer white said…
However, Jesus also said “whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven him”. Ananias and his wife were part of a group of believers where “great power” and “great grace was upon them all”. They both knew, felt and saw the Spirit move mightily and Peter simply recognized that their sin was the unpardonable sin. Satan was trying desperately to corrupt the church so Ananias allowed him to enter him. “Ananias why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit…?” Ananias knew exactly what he was doing and premeditated with his wife how to lie. Without the Holy Spirit, remains no forgiveness.
That goes to show Christians can have demons by the way.
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Kelvin Klein said…
Jennifer if you go through the scripture well. Peter said they have sinned against God, not against the holy Spirit. Is the Holy spirit more powerful than God? I just don't get it please. People are no longer worshiping God in other parts of the world cos of all these confusion let's stick to the bible and what was said n not add our own.
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Anonymous said…
Controversial gospel writer, yet you are still blessed by same God. We need prophets n pastors who can write the bible of their own vision.
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