So, why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira?
Think about what is going on here. The Church is just beginning. Satan has tried to stop it by leading external forces against it. That didn’t work. So, now he is trying to bring it down from the inside by the sins of God’s people. And God says, ‘No.’ From the very beginning, God want to make it clear to his people that they are to be different from the world. His people are called to be holy. He says, ‘I have put my Holy Spirit put within you and you will not defile my presence by embracing sin. I will not be trifled with – I am a Lord to be feared.’ And so, in perfect justice towards two saved sinners, and in an act of fatherly mercy to his church, God strikes dead Ananias and Sapphira. So, what about you, this morning? Do you fear the Lord? Does this story make you afraid? Even a little? Well, it should! But you may say, ‘I’m a Christian. My sins are forgiven. I’m a child of the King. Nothing can separate me from the love of God! What do I have to be afraid of?’ In his book on Chris
