Causes And Sapphira In The Book Of Acts

Ananias and Sapphira are found in Chapter 5 of the books of Acts. The Apostle had great power and grace who all preached about Jesus resurrecting. Altogether, the peoples’ hearts were one and they shared all their things with one another willingly because they loved one another and the people who sold their houses and land gave their money to the apostles. Ananias and Sapphira who is Ananias’s wife were two member of this group of people who gave up their profits to the apostles. From selling some of the land, some of the money was kept by them and Ananias only put some of it at the apostles’ feet, but he made it seem like he gave all of it to the apostles. This lie fooled some people except Peter, who was filled with the power of the Spirit, who knew that he was lying and exposed his lie instantly then
Some researcher believe these deaths were from natural causes, for example, Ananias died from guilt, however Peter said that Sapphira was going to die before she actually died, so the timing and the place of their deaths show that this was God’s judgment. A question is if Ananias and Sapphira were saved? Researchers and Christians believe that they probably were. Their story is told in the actions of “all the believers” (Acts 4:32), so they knew of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3), and Ananias’s lie could have been an earlier promise that he would give up all of the money to the church, but the best evidence is that they were children of God who may have received discipline (1 Corinthians 5:12). Ananias and Sapphira many have come up with a plan to steal the money of the church, but their plan led to death for their sinful behavior. The sudden deaths of Ananias and Sapphira were served to create fear in the church, so they would not be dishonest to