Ever had questions about the story of Ananias and Sapphira? In this must-hear message, Joseph Prince shares exciting truths from this story that reveal God’s uncompromising protection over His people. Also, gain powerful insights into why you shouldn’t live your life under a mixture of law and grace, and be blessed as you discover how you can tap into God’s abundant provision when you live purely by His grace. Experience freedom, rest and an unceasing flow of God’s supply as you learn how to step out of mixture and step into the realm of pure grace—the realm of miracles and breakthroughs!
now let’s take it one step further when
I was teaching about this
I just don’t tell you something that
happen many years ago when we were in
hotel Grand Central
we’re a small Church in hotel Grand
Central and I remember we had a guest
speaker from the states and he came over
and he says bless God I’m telling you
the days of Ananias and Sapphira become
again and it shall be that you don’t
holy before the Lord
you better tremble when you come to the
presence of God came on him on so I was
I was a pastor in the church and I was
trembling it was a he wasn’t he was a
good preacher famous well-known in the
States
alright so we thought that we would like
to invite him to a small church you know
but here he was unleashing hell fire
sign lights lightnings you know I said
the days of Ananias and Sapphira will
come again then he pointed to a couple
you you come up here so they came up
alright sit lie down lie down so one one
male one female lie down on the stage
that small stage we had next door to the
massage parlor in our small church at
the time alright he look now see this
you see this that’s what happened in
Acts chapter 5 it’s going to happen
again all over the world that’s gonna
happen here oh I’m telling you I look at
the whole thing I’m thinking Mattia die
dad all right
what a way to grow a church come join us
for so this you just might drop dead
our people are drop-dead gorgeous you
never know what’s gonna happen but don’t
worry come because God is real he
doesn’t strike everybody yeah yeah man
when it comes to God’s favor people
always believe they won’t get it when it
comes to God’s judgment they always
believe the other one for it
all right human nature is the flesh is
negative I mean I sit down there
thinking my goodness and it’s still
being preached it is still being
preached so that got me on a search
where God began to speak to me that
night and then show me from Scripture
that these two were not believers in
fact they saw a portion of their land
and they actually position they were
trying to position themselves where
they’ll have a position of influence in
all likelihood they were trying to
deceive the church financially because
during that time they were all sharing
there was a great abundance the Bible
says no one liked so the church was
blessed by the grace of God just like us
amen all right so some people are
positioned themselves all right they
have all their name cuts ready they come
to church and act like a believer but
only God knows who is a believer who’s
not a believer and then he will try to
if they’re out to deceive you they’re
out to to cheat you then you just
announce the EULA if you are here if you
have to cheat anyone here you are the
one they need to be afraid because this
judgment is not for people whose
judgment is passed
Christ was judged in our place we cannot
be judged amen
even when you sin there’s no more
judgment Christ ransom you from the
curse of the law amen
well positive prints are you saying that
without the law then people can do
whatever they want no it’s not that you
know you know in Singapore there are
legislations and statutes about mothers
taking care of the little ones if they
don’t there are consequences legally in
Singapore all right but you know that
there are thousands upon thousands of
mothers in Singapore not aware of this
legislation yet they love their children
and take very good care of them okay you
don’t need the law to fulfill what
God has placed in your heart amen
can have a good amen anyone that tells
you you need the 10 commandments to be
holy just remind them how was how come
Abram from what I read in my Bible Abram
was the only one that God called my
friend
how come Abraham became a friend of God
how come he was tight with God he was so
blessed of God did he keep the Ten
Commandments no we know he lied twice
okay so did he keep the Ten Commandments
no Abram left 400 over years before the
tanker mama was given there you have it
amen he was called a friend of God you
don’t you know the law cannot empower
you to do right the law was designed to
bring out your flesh the strength of sin
is the law are you listening to that’s
why of all the temptations Satan came to
Eve in the garden or to Adam all right
he did not tell either one of them to
murder the other one there’s no strain
in that temptation why because the
strength of sin is the law the only
prohibition don’t eat from the tree was
the one that devil used because the
devil knows the strength of sin is in
the prohibition are you with me
sometimes is good to not always say no
to your kid but guide them into whatever
you want anyway give them choices one
really bad choice they look at it the
turn off by another good choice single
one two choice you choose then they feel
the power they choose the right one
which is the one you wanted anyway
all right don’t always say no no no no
stir stop rebellion okay are you with me
amen so here we have very clearly stated
that they were not believers so the
intent was to deceive God’s people so
actually this judgment is very consoling
for me because it tells me God protects
his own and I’m here to tell you it
doesn’t mean today in an age of grace
God will not deal with individuals who
try to harm the church it does anyone my
friend in Jakarta Indonesia he has a
church 150,000 people pastor Perry og
and a few years ago I remember a
terrorist
strip bomb to himself covered himself up
and was on his way to to bomb the church
and the church at the time was meeting
in a shopping mall as he was going up
the escalator the bomb went off
prematurely he lost his leg toys they
fly all right the church prayed for him
all right but God protected the church
now God didn’t protect his leg why he
was out to hurt the church God didn’t
protect him why God is protecting the
church sometimes when people try to harm
you or hurt you all right
you feel you feel even God’s judgement
make him loveable you know the rod and
the staff they comfort me but if you
hear teaching the sister rod is to hit
the sheep when they go astray what
comfort is there now the rod is for all
the wolves when the wolf come to devour
you God washed the roof on the head and
gives him a PhD permanent hit damage to
protect you
amen I’m here to announce to everyone
that comes God protects us got a watch
over ass the most loving thing you can
do for someone who has a very highly
contagious disease all right
the most loving thing you can do for the
rest of the body is to remove that
person so that it doesn’t spread
if someone says well posture you don’t
love the person I love the entire body
of Christ that’s why we are doing that
so thank God we don’t always have the
facing our situation but there is a
warning there there is a warning there’s
someone is trying to stop the influence
of the church someone is trying to stop
the gospel which is God’s heart because
God paid a dear price a huge cost to
save us and someone is trying to impede
the gospel someone is trying to stop us
someone’s writing lies about church or
whatever it is all right somewhere along
the way you’re on dangerous ground
because God loves his church