Acts 5:1-11 Ananias & Sapphira

This particular passage from the bible is talking about the story of Ananias and Sapphira. The story goes; they sold some of their land and gave the money they made to the church at least that is what they were telling everyone. Yet in reality they were actually lying, because the amount that they were giving was significantly less than the actual amount that they made. The thing is, it didn't matter how much they were giving because the pennies that the old lady was giving was more important than the bags of gold that the Pharisees were giving. If they had been honest about what they were giving there wouldn't have been a problem but because they're pride go in the way they were punished. Unfortunately for them their payment was death, but isn't that the payment for sin. Romans 6:23 says "for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." They sinned because they were lying about the amount they were giving, as well as they were being prideful and we know from scripture that God hates pride. Proverbs 8:13 says "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate." Ananias and Sapphira's arrogance and pride got in the way of their service and therefore they had to be punished for their sins. We may think that punishment was harsh but it was exactly what they deserved and we deserve no less for the way that we behave. Our pride gets in the way of our love and affection for Christ and it hinders our relationship with him. Put off the old man and put on the new man, and be conformed to His image instead of being conformed to the image of this world.