THAT SEEMS -to put it mildly- A CHOCKING THING.
VERY CHOCKING.
AND YOU WONDER.......
Isn't there any forgiveness?
GOD saw of course ENOUGH REASONS (several) in the total coherence of all things concerning, that it went like this.
Compare Acts 8.9-24; A magician Simon, amazing people with his conjuring so he was called the great power of GOD, came to faith in Jesus and was baptized. Then he offered money so he could bring the HOLY SPIRIT on people. Peter said 'May Your silver be with You into perdition' and 'repent and pray to GOD that this may be forgiven, there is neither part nor lot to You in this matter'. Simon asked Peter to petition for him that nothing of Peter had spoken would came over him.
Ananias and Saffira should have said that they gave that and that amount and they would have been REWARDED and BLESSED by GOD through GOD'S EFFECTIVE FORCE.
Instead of changing the story to come out better by saying that they gave everything and so COINING that what is fulfilled of the Holy Spirit, they could have spoken the truth. Instead of not trusting the coming together for the best of things in that field.
And -so doing- even want to go OVER THAT.
In the Bible pretext is used to save a situation, that is something else, that is not that you don't trust the possibilities of the Holy Spirit and think and decide to go through with the idea that the EFFECTIVE FORCE OF GOD (HOLY SPIRIT) don't registrate everything.
Furthermore it is not possible to judge somebody if the somebody whom the judgement is directed to is not addressable/effectable through their own co-operation which co-operation arises through being consciously guilty uptill that level.
In the asking (develish) force, for example a curse, makes the person doing, guilty, and the person addressed must have enough superstitional co-operation reason and guilt to get any effect.
Leaves the fact: "Isn't this 'a bit' much?!".
And why speak out (publicly also here) judgement AT ALL?!
The lie he and his wife commited was not towards people but towards GOD (Bible Acts 5.4) Acts 5.9 'How could You agree to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?".
So here we see that it cannot be more bad than think, and go through with the idea, to come out better in not being honest in telling what they gave, because it concerns here the rewarding of the Holy Spirit and, indeed, so, they did not lie that they donated more, to people (Acts 5.4).
Things are tuned RIGHT there is never that sort of adversity and punishment which prevents worse, just like that but precisely adjusted because of ALL COHERENT REASONS OF THINGS AND PEOPLE CONCERNING. Take the Titanic the unsinkable ship which sank the first trip, had a sign on it "Even God cannot sink this ship", I don't need to explane the blasphemy. I would not GO on that ship! A part of the passangers was saved.
So in the perspective of everything GOD had no reasons to leave time of this life of these two to continue.
Check out the original Bible-New Testament to get the picture of Jesus.
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