It’s been said the devil figured out a long time ago that he couldn’t beat the Church, so he decided to join it. Could there possibly be a more effective way to beat it than to join it? This strategy is nothing new. From the very beginning of the Church, our enemy has worked feverishly at bringing us down from the inside out. It is an integral part of his strategy.
We’ve all heard those corny jokes that begin with the hypothetical question, “What do you get when you cross a this with a that?” In the text before us, the question might sound something like, “What do you get when you cross grace with beauty?” (For those are the meanings of the names Ananias and Sapphira). Unfortunately, the answer is neither rhetorical nor humorous. Ananias and Sapphire – grace and beauty – brought spiritual deception. However, their hypocrisy did not hinder the Church but rather, it purified the Church while hastening their own demise.
How about us? Do we work to appear more spiritual to others than we really are? Do we attempt to draw the adulation to ourselves that really and only belongs to God?
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