Peter speaks to Sapphira about conspiring with her husband to lie to the Holy Spirit.

Acts 5:7-11

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“Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.” Acts 5:7

Sapphira, the wife of Ananias, had no idea that Ananias had died three hours earlier. Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit about the amount of money he received from selling their land, and fell dead. He and his wife agreed together to keep back some of the financial gains for themselves. As a team, Sapphira and Ananias lied and said 100% of the proceeds were given to provide for the necessities of the followers of Jesus Christ, as described in the post on Acts 5:1-2.

“And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?” She said, “Yes, for so much.” Acts 5:8

Peter asked Sapphira if she had sold the land for the price that Ananias said he sold it for. Sapphira said “Yes”, and immediately Peter knew that she and her husband had conspired together on what price they would say they sold the land for. The purpose Ananias and Sapphira conspired to lie about the amount of proceeds received was to be able to enrich themselves financially by keeping some of the proceeds for themselves. In other words, the husband-and-wife team conspired against the Holy Spirit and defrauded the family of Jesus Christ in order to gain worldly riches.

“Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” Acts 5:9

Marriages/partnerships of today are designed to bolster today’s culture, which is global. Their common bond is unbelief in God, their rejection of Jesus Christ, and their opposition to the presence of the Holy Spirit. Today’s culture governs and lives for the beast that gives them what to feel, think, speak, and do. That beast gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people as they are groomed to the mark, name, number of the beast by what they are given to say and do. The beast that has power over physiology does not want anything to be said, done, thought, or felt that contributes one penny to Jesus Christ, God, the Holy Spirit, nor to support the growth of Christianity. The Holy Spirit says to them, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

“Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her  out, buried her by her husband. So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.” Acts 5:10-11

The populations of cities across the globe live for the beast, conspire against the Holy Spirit, and have fallen away from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They have fallen down dead, died to the Holy Spirit. Click here for a post on the “Global Falling Away” from 2 Thessalonians 2. The Holy Spirit restrains lawlessness so when people die to Him lawlessness is unleashed, as described by clicking the link in the previous sentence. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11