Do not lie to God - Acts 5

Daily Bible Reading - Acts 5. 1-11

Key Verse

Acts 5.4 ‘You have not lied to men but to God’

“Liar, liar pants on fire” – maybe you shouldn't say this but I

think you know what it means. Telling the truth can be harder

than telling lies but lies will always catch up with us in the end!

Ananias was a man who lived a long time ago in Jerusalem with

his wife, Sapphira. I don't know if they had been born into a rich

family or had just worked hard and saved their money but I

know that they owned quite a few things. In fact it looks as if

they had more than one house or at least a field or two. Maybe

they kept ponies or had a horse – I don't really know but they had

lots of things.

The things we save up for and buy may be fun to enjoy at the

time but they don’t make us happy forever. This couple had so

much that they thought that they would sell something and give

the money to help the poor Christians. Maybe they thought that

they would look kind and helpful by doing this? I wonder if they

wanted people to like them more! It would be sad if they felt

unloved!

Having secrets with someone can be fun but not all secrets are

good. This man and his wife had a bad secret. They pretended

that they had given all the money from the sale when they had

only given part of it. There was nothing wrong with only giving

some of the money. It was pretending that they had given more

that was wrong! They wanted people to think that they were

extra good but they were actually bad because they tried to trick

everyone.

God knows all of our secrets. We might trick everyone else but

we can never trick God. 

Suggested Prayer

Lord, teach me how to tell the truth and to remember that you know the truth even when I say wrong things.

I appreciate you reading this blog post. 

Thanks again,