To Lie to the Holy Spirit

A certain man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira did something for which they received an immediate judgment from God upon them. It says here in verse 4 that they lied to the Holy Spirit. It was because of the serious nature of the sins which were committed in these actions of theirs that they both were immediately judged. The reason that this is written down for us is so that we might not fall into similar sins, but rather that a godly fear of committing such sins might take hold of us. The lessons that we want to learn this morning are related to the Holy Spirit Himself, and how important it is that we grasp His work and mission in the life of every believer. His work and mission, by the grace of Christ, is to make us into holy people. I have 3 truths to convey to you this morning about the Holy Spirit's work and mission. 1st of all, I want you to understand that God the Holy Spirit sees perfectly all that takes place in your heart as a professed believer or as a real and true believer in Jesus Christ. 2nd – I want you to understand that He is able to communicate His knowledge of any person's sins to other people if He decides that it is necessary. And 3rd – The Holy Spirit knows how to bring about a good and lasting and holy fear among God's persevering people in the church. I pray that each one of us will take these truths to heart; that you will live remembering that the Holy Spirit is with every true believer.