A mom shares this story: "My 4-year-old son Zachary came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with m toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming, little smile, 'We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago.'"
Acts 5 : 1 - 10. Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet. Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kepy for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God". When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
Today's story is a great example of a child's innocence and honesty. Today's Bible verses are a scary account of dishonesty and deceit. You have likely heard the oath that people say in a court of law: "I swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." Have you ever been tempted to tell a part of the truth, so you can avoid trouble or a problem? That's what that oath says, "the whole truth."
God has told us His "whole truth' in His Word. In a world of increasing dishonesty, commit to being known as an honest person, full of integrity, like the little boy in the story telling the "whole truth."
Acts 5 : 1 - 10. Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet. Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kepy for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God". When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
Today's story is a great example of a child's innocence and honesty. Today's Bible verses are a scary account of dishonesty and deceit. You have likely heard the oath that people say in a court of law: "I swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." Have you ever been tempted to tell a part of the truth, so you can avoid trouble or a problem? That's what that oath says, "the whole truth."
God has told us His "whole truth' in His Word. In a world of increasing dishonesty, commit to being known as an honest person, full of integrity, like the little boy in the story telling the "whole truth."
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