Hypocrisy Exposed and Condemned

The fear of God is a good thing, the fear of man a bad thing. The best defense against hypocrisy is the right fear of God and it is exactly this absence that results in Ananias and Sapphira pridefully presenting a false offering and being struck down by God.

A consideration of the message in this strange story will lead us to avoid acting in order to please man and instead act with our eyes fixed on the Lord alone.