Treasured Vignettes
"You have not lied to men, but to God. Acts 5:1-10
Ananias and Sapphira only told a little lie, only took a little of what belonged to God. But with God there's no "little" sin; and, what we consecrate to Him, He values very highly. This couple found out that God expected His infant church to be innocent and He was willing to remove that which would defile it.
It seems to me that today's Church has "trifled" much with God--divisions, divorce, thievery, scandal, immorality, etc. The Scripture says, in 1 Corinthians 11: 27-30, "That is why many of you are weak and sick, and some have even died." We must not "trifle" with the death of Christ, for it is God's most holy gift. To say as an act of worship, "I surrender all, I give all, to You, O Lord," then take it for your own is sin. God has judged sin through His Son. Do you think He will overlook a direct affrontery to His Son or His Spirit, whom He has sent to dwell with us and in us?
Will your death be a glorious homegoing or the beginning of punishment for trifling with God? Think about it.
It seems to me that today's Church has "trifled" much with God--divisions, divorce, thievery, scandal, immorality, etc. The Scripture says, in 1 Corinthians 11: 27-30, "That is why many of you are weak and sick, and some have even died." We must not "trifle" with the death of Christ, for it is God's most holy gift. To say as an act of worship, "I surrender all, I give all, to You, O Lord," then take it for your own is sin. God has judged sin through His Son. Do you think He will overlook a direct affrontery to His Son or His Spirit, whom He has sent to dwell with us and in us?
Will your death be a glorious homegoing or the beginning of punishment for trifling with God? Think about it.
© S.M. Hudson, Hidden Treasure Ministries, December 2003. All rights reserved.
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