Difficult lesson today; we read in Acts 4 and 5 about how the believers would from time to time sell land our houses and contribute the proceeds to their group of believers so that no one would do without but one couple sold some land and didn’t contribute all the proceeds, essentially lying about the amount of money they had received for the land; they dropped dead. It is a puzzling story as it seems more than harsh and almost certainly would have scared away some potential converts but the conclusion we reached was that the couple had tried to appear to be as committed as the other members but really weren’t. The punishment wasn’t about the money held back but rather the couples hypocrisy. It made me think about how little I give back compared to what God has given me.
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