Electricbones’s Weblog

Hola a todos!

primero, response para Mateo:

a few things….
Ananias and Sapphira were baptized Christians like you and me…. I think sometimes we (me) separate ourselves from these people and think it appalling that they would do such a thing.
The sin that they committed wasnt necessarily that they did or didnt give fully to the church… it was that they lied about it to make the other christians of the church believe that they were giving a lot (essentially giving glory to themselves)… a dangerous thing to have happen in the early beginnings of the church… but Peter calls them out on the truth behind their lies… because their plan didnt work… and they had only lied to God to try to make themselves look like good christians.

and i think contextually (uhm sometimes i really hate that word but im going to use it anyways) God was trying to teach them a lesson… basically they blasphemed… and God was trying to teach the early church that He wasnt going to stand for that…

but for your question… could it happen today? well… does it happen today? i mean i dont think we hear much about God striking people dead for bragging about how much they put in the offering plate and then heading out to the mall with the rest of their paycheck… but maybe God knew how, especially now, consumed we would be with self promotion… and that reading this passage would cause us to do things like have these ideas flowing right now and to bring us back to a place of surrender and awe of a God who knows our every thought and who demands respect and glory… and who can never be deceived.

any more thoughts?

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Still antsy lately.. but always having to return to Jesus for patience and peace in my heart right now.  I think this strange patience battle really manifests in a physical aspect… I’m not a seemingly stressed out person… but the physical effects of stress/anxiety solely play out in my body… (aching back, neck, shoulders, jaw, ansty legs)… very strange. The pains come and go… but I’m praying that these things are only temporary… and just a sign of things that God is slowly working out in my life right now.

ok… I’ll write some more later… time for class!