by Shannon Popp | Sep 1, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:4 “While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”” The point is that Ananias was under no control by the...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 31, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:3 “But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?” The devil made me do it is a lie from the father of lies. Ananias has to take responsibility for his own...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 30, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:2 “and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” There is a clear and dramatic contrast here between two men. At the end of chapter four, we meet Barnabas (Son of...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 29, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:1 “But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,” All of chapter four, our enemy tries to persecute the Church from outside the camp. This fans the flame inside the hearts of all the followers of Jesus and the Church begins to...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 28, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:37 “sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” This Spiritual high gets very practical here. These young Christ followers are seeing and hearing the movement of God in the midst of persecution, and decide to take...
