Ananias and Sapphira, ever hear of them? If you haven't, their story is found in the Bible book of Acts of the Apostles. They played a role in church history that nobody really wanted to take. It was a role that they chose, however. They gave money to the church and paid for it with their lives. How was that? What? Come again? It went like this. Just after Pentecost and the arrival of the Holy Spirit, God was doing miraculous things to kickoff what became the church. There were miracles, signs and wonders and, what Peter called, fulfilled prophecy (Joel). Tongues, or other languages were used to spread the word of the Gospel. It was a time like no other and the church was growing exponentially. Persecution began to happen with the jailing of Peter and John. They were accused of filling Jerusalem with their doctrine. Of course that is exactly what they were doing! Their doctrine was the Gospel, that Jesus was the Christ, the Savior of the world. So what was with t...
These are devotional, and other, thoughts from a guy who lived in Brazil from 1997 to 2023. I recount personal experiences and Bible applications with most of my posts. These "posts" are mostly for me but if you want to, you can read them too!