In Acts chapter 5, Ananias and Sapphira, a married couple, sold a piece of land while keeping part of the profit to themselves. Together, they brought the rest of the money to the disciples to make an offering of it claiming to have given the full amount. Peter questioned Ananias and he immediately fell dead after lying to the apostles. With no knowledge of what happened to Ananias, Sapphira came in shortly after and was questioned in a similar fashion and she immediately dropped dead as well. This put fear into those who witnessed the occurrence. The message we can take away from this occurrence is that our God is not a God that can be trifled with. Yes, our God is a loving God, but he is also a jealous God and one that is not too weak to
