There is a prominent female figure currently on the horizon that has all of the girlies holding their breathe until she breathes her next word. Her face, her posts, her image and her voice are slathered from thither and yonder on social media. You never have to wonder what's going on in her life nor in her household. It is all tracked and recorded via the world wide web. I've listened to some of her teachings and agree with most of what she says. While she does not verbally communicate anything that seems detrimental, it is what is not said being (yet seen) that is the most disappointing factor. I first became aware of this young lady and her husband a couple of years ago when another young lady posted on my Facebook page that my husband and I reminded her of them. I presumed she was referring to the fact that we were married and shared a passion for the Lord. Being the kind of person I tend to be, I looked them up in hopes of ex...
In Acts 4:32-35 we see the believers during this time were united in a way that inspired them to sell their possessions for the good of the community of believers We even see a specific example of a man by the name of Joseph/Barnabas selling a field he owned and bringing the proceeds it to the Apostles. Shortly after, Acts 5 begins with a recount of the last days of Ananias and Sapphira. In short, Ananias has sold some property and he and his wife agreed to keep a portion of the money and give the rest to the Apostles. Scripture doesn’t say that this was necessarily wrong for them to do, but what is clear is that they both lied saying the money they presented to the Apostles was the entire profit of what they made from selling the property when we know they held back a portion for themselves. As you may well know, they were both punished with death for lying to the Holy Ghost (Acts 5:5-10) We normally focus on the fact that these two lied and highlight the punishment they rece...