Does this story in Acts 5 puzzle any of you? I really don't get it. What purpose was there in the death of these two liars? There has been no follow through on God's part in this kind of thing. No liars have died lately. In fact, there is no record of this ever happening again. It did strike fear into the whole church but how long does fear keep us in line? Not that long in my experience.
I wonder if the whole point was not the punishment of these two so much as that we had best just tell the truth in the church. It would be kind of outrageous if every time someone sinned, they dropped dead. That could not have been the message that God wanted to send. And does He really expect people to tell the truth all the time? How many people would be left in our churches?
I wonder if the whole point is that the church should be the safest place on earth to tell the truth. Sadly, I don't think the church is prepared for truth-telling. We would be more likely to want people to drop dead if they told us all the truth. But, I believe that telling the truth will bring life. Lying always brings some kind death. What do you think?
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