Church hurt is real. But have you ever traced it to its root? Almost all of it starts the same way: someone presenting themselves as one person while living as another.
In Acts 5, Ananias and Sapphira sold a piece of property, kept back part of the money, and laid the rest at the apostles’ feet as if it were everything. It looked generous. It was a performance. In this message, Pastor Jonathan Evans opens the interrogation room where Peter asks the question that still convicts today: why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit? You may be able to lie to men. You cannot lie to God.
In this message, you will learn:
- Why the first church gave so freely, and what it means that when grace comes into your life, grace should come from your life
- The two hidden words in Acts 5 (“kept back”) and how they handcuff Ananias to Achan at Jericho
- Where church hurt really comes from, and why the gap between the performance and the person crushes people
- The difference between making mistakes and planning a double life
- Why a gift is not a character reference, and how Spirit-filled discernment protects the church
- What Sapphira’s silence teaches about accountability in our homes and teams
- The future interrogation room coming for every believer, and how to be found faithful in it
