00:00They sold a piece of land, kept some of the money, and claimed they had given everything to God.
00:06But that decision would cost them both their lives.
00:11In the early church, a couple named Ananias and Sapphira sold their property and secretly kept part of the money.
00:18When Ananias presented the remaining amount to the apostles, Peter exposed his deception against the Holy Spirit.
00:26Moments later, Ananias fell down and died.
00:31About three hours later, his wife Sapphira arrived, unaware of what had happened.
00:36Peter asked her whether the money they had donated was the full amount from the sale.
00:41She said yes, repeating the same deception.
00:44Peter confronted her too, and she immediately fell down and died.
00:50The shocking story is recorded in Acts chapter 5.
00:54But here's the twist.
00:55They weren't required to give all the money.
00:58They were free to keep some of it.
01:01Their wrongdoing was pretending to give everything while deliberately deceiving God.
01:07And the incident sent a wave of fear throughout the early Christian community.
