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What new testament man did Satan provoke to lie to the holy spirit?
Ananias and later his wife, Sapphira.
Who died because they told a lie in the temple?
Ananias and Sapphira died after lying about the amount of money they donated to the early Christian community in the Book of Acts in the Bible. Their deaths were seen as punishment for their deceitfulness and hypocrisy.
Did Peter have Ananias and Sapphira executed for stealing from the Church?
In Acts 5: 1-11, it tells the account of Ananias and Sapphira. It was not that they stole from the church, but that they lied about what they were giving to the church. For this sin Godkilled them, some believe through a heart attack. In the Biblical account, just previous to Acts 5, most of the believers in Christ had been moved to sell their properties and give the money to the Apostles, as they were moved to do by the Holy Spirit. This undoubtedly was because of the persecution of the early believers in Jerusalem, as they pooled their resources, so everyone received the care needed. When Ananias and Sapphira had sold a possession, they conspired to hold back a portion of the price, but acted like they were giving it all, so it amounted to being a lie. We find the truth of that in Acts 5:8, where Sapphira stated that the same price, which her husband stated, as being the full price of the sale. There was nothing wrong with them keeping the property or keeping some of the sale price of it, as Peter indicated in v.4, but they evidently wished to "look good" in giving what they had deceptively represented as the full price. They had lied to the Holy Spirit, and therefore God (the Holy Spirit) slew them. This may be seen as an action by the Holy Spirit to keep purity of heart in the early church, as we find in v.11, that "Great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things." It is spiritual wickedness to lie to God, and to deceive His people.
What was the first recorded sin in the life of the New Testament church?
The first recorded sin in the New Testament church was the deception of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1-11. They lied about the proceeds from selling a piece of property, leading to their untimely deaths as a consequence of their dishonesty. This event served as a warning to the early church about the seriousness of deceit and hypocrisy.
What did Jesus call the Holy Spirit?
Jesus told the disciples that he would send the comforter, after he goes. Meaning the Holy spirit. Note that it is not something, but Somebody, comparable with Christ Himself. And he is God, not a creature or an impersonal energy: "But Peter said, 'Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit [....] How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God! ' " (Acts 5:34 NET)
In Acts of the Apostles how does Ananias die?
Ananias dies after lying to the Apostle Peter about the price he received for a piece of land. Peter confronts Ananias, and he falls dead upon hearing Peter's words. His wife, Sapphira, later meets the same fate for conspiring with him in the deception.
What is an example of sin in the bible?
In Acts chapter 5 the story of Ananias and Sapphira"Act 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.Act 5:2 And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet.Act 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?Act 5:4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."Act 5:5 Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things.Answer:The breaking of any of the Ten Commandments. "...For sin is the transgression of the law." (I John 3:4)
How did Ananias' wife Sapphira become a fallen woman in the Bible?
Ananias and his wife Sapphira both were stricken by God because they stole money from the church. They were collecting money, and approached Peter and told him that it was the entire amount while they actually had taken some and hidden it for themselves.
Why did God not just ban ananias and sapphira from the church?
In devising and implementing their lie, Ananias and Sephira had separated themselves from fellowship with God and the believers. Acts 5:3 "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?" Peter's question to Ananias gave him a clear path back to fellowship. Had Ananias been courageous enough to face the truth, the result would have been joyous healing. I John 1:7,9 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." God did not bring about Ananias and Sephira's death. The Devil, who holds the power of death, had orchestrated this ensnarement. God's desire was for them to believe to live and have further opportunity to cast off the works of darkness. James 1:13-15 "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."
Where in the bible is the story of Ananias?
In the King James versionthe word/name - Ananias - appears in Acts, in the following versesAct 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,Act 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?Act 5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.Act 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.Act 9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.Act 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:Act 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.Act 22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,Act 23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Act 24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
Who were Ananias and Sapphira?
In Acts of the Apostles, Peter killed Ananias and Sapphira* because they sold their property but did not give all the sale proceeds to the Church, as Peter apparently thought they should. His accomplices removed and buried the bodies.In defence of Peter, this episode may have been written for theological reasons, rather than because it really happened.Footnote* Some say that because of the miraclulous nature of the killings, it was not Peter but the Holy Spirit who slaughtered them.AnswerPeter had asked them if they had given all the proceeds to the Church. They lied and said, "Yes." Peter was angry and told them they could have kept back part for themselves but they should not have lied about it. It was for the lie that God struck them down not for failure to give the money to the Church. Answer:Their death was an act of God, not Peter, and was evidently intended to be an example for all time of God's displeasure at the sins of greed and religious hypocrisy. It was a warning, in the beginning days of the church, against misusing the church as a means of self glorification. The event had an immediate effect of the church in Acts 5:11 "And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things".
What man and his wife told a lie about the sale of their property and died from their gult when confronted?
Saphira and Ananias
