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  • Pedro Trinidad avatar

    Entregando (Casi) Todo

    Contributed by Pedro Trinidad on Oct 27, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,934 views

    Ananias y Safira quisieron enganar a la iglesia pero no pudieron enganar a Dios: Ellos habian entregado casi todo. Nosotros podemos caer en la misma trampa.

    I. Introducción a. China, Cuba, Laos, Corea del Norte, Vietnam… ¿qué tienen en común estos países? b. Son países comunistas actualmente c. La ideología de vivir y tener todo en común. d. Nadie tendría mas que otro. El obrero campesino disfrutaría de los mismos beneficios que los demás. e. El ideal ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Dying For A Buck Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 26, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 17,978 views

    This is the Sixth in our CSI series looking at Crimes and deaths in the Bible. This week we look at what we can learn from the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira

    It’s one of those bizarre stories in the Bible that make you scratch your head and say: Huhh? The church is seeing astronomical growth, thousands of people are coming to the faith and with that come practical problems and practical solutions. The apostles are working full time to administer and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Character Counts

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,199 views

    Ananias and Sapphira felt that they could play games with God and the church. There are a few reasons why this is a bad idea.

    Passage: Acts 5:1-11 Intro: Every time God is working to accomplish something that involves people, we can be sure of one thing. 1. People will find a way to mess it up! 2. we see it in Scripture, we see it in history, we see it in our own experiences. 3. missions, churches, ministries are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Matters Of The Heart Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 23, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,847 views

    Seek to please God more than man. Seek to bless others more than self. Seek to do everything out of love more than anything else.

    THE MOST PROUD THING The President of Moody Bible Institute tells this story: A young man from school took the bus to class. It was crowded. Before the conductor came around to take the fare, he had gotten off at the school without paying. Later on, he remembered it. And he thought, "That ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Fallacy Of The Perfect Church Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 14, 2012
     | 5,079 views

    THIS PASSAGE BEFORE US TODAY IS THE FIRST INTERNAL ATTACK ON THE EARLY CHURCH. THIS ATTACK SHOULD MAKE THE CURRENT CHURCH REALIZE THE WE, AS THE BODY OF CHRIST ARE NOT IMMUNE TO SUCH ATTACKS, AND THAT WE MUST BE ON GUARD SO AS TO PREPARE FOR AND DO OUR B

    THE FALLACY OF THE PERFECT CHURCH The Peril of Deception Acts 5:1-11 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 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. 3 Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Being Smart With My Money What Should I Avoid

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 12, 2012
     | 4,710 views

    This message is on dealing with two motivating factors of how we spend our money 1) it looks good now and 2) it will impress others later. We should be more concerned with pleasing God than each other.

    Being Smart With My Money—What To Avoid Genesis 13:5-13 and Acts 5:1-11 We are in part 2 of our series, Being Smart With My Money. Last week Pastor Toby preached “What Do I Need”. Next Week Pastor Kellie will do “What Cost Me The Most”, Pastor Toby will return ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Treasuring God's Holiness Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 7, 2012
     | 5,287 views

    Some things are so surprising they simply shock us. The early church has many such surprises and shocks, one of the biggest of which concerned the generosity of two of her members.

    “Treasuring God’s Holiness” Acts 5:1-11 Some things are so surprising they just simply shock us. The team with the huge lead falls apart in the closing moments and loses. The golfer with only an easy, short birdie putt between himself and the championship, winds up with a double ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Yet

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 17, 2013
     | 3,422 views

    YET….read it again YET, there were people who did not dare to join them!

    Acts 5:13”……..Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly.” Observe, this scripture opens with the word ‘yet!’ If you scroll backwards in the same chapter, you would read of the death of Ananias and Sapphira who lied to Peter. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God In Three Persons Blessed Trinity

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on May 24, 2013
    based on 56 ratings
     | 45,097 views

    "God in three persons, .blessed Trinity,". The first Anglican Article of Religion states: "There is but one living and true God. There are three persons, of one substance, power and eternity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit." Updated June 2022

    For Those not familiar with an Anglican Service there are four Scriptures b=read before the Message. This day they were Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5 and John 16:12-15. There is a story .... about a little girl in Sunday school .... who was drawing a picture ... using all of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    How Hardships Work For Good

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 25, 2013
     | 4,192 views

    Acts 5 gives us two cases where the church faced hardship. One was internal and the other was external. Both were used by God for the good of the church. How can that happen for us today?

    (Read Acts 5 with slides) What does it take to ruin a church? What does it take to stop God? Acts 5 gives us two stories about threats to the church, one from the inside and the other from the outside. First. The threat from the inside produced two deaths and great fear upon the whole ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Game Is Over Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 8, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,980 views

    Ananias and Sapphira had a scheme for misleading the apostles and getting the admiration of their fellow believers. They sold some land, but they only brought a portion of the proceeds to lay at the apostle’s feet. They intended to keep the rest. Why di

    The Game is Over Acts 5:1-11 Introduction As children, many of us played a game called let’s pretend. My grand daughter and I still play the game. Last week, we pretended to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Man Who Dropped Dead In Church

    Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 13, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,088 views

    God would rather have a small church that is pure than a large church whose commitment is watered down. With electricity, the larger the connection(wire), the more power can flow through it. This is true of the purity of the church.

    THE MAN WHO DROPPED DEAD IN CHURCH Acts 5:1-11 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Neither Necessary 1. A pastor once met an old schoolmate and finding him a judge of good standing congratulated him upon his success in life. As they were parting, the pastor said to him, "And best of all, Judge, I find you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Dangerous Bug In The Church

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Mar 6, 2021
     | 1,959 views

    Hypocrisy! This evil in their heart did not stop them from lying!

    Dangerous bug in the church Acts 5:3 “But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?” Beware of deception: The Bible says: Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Getting Real Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 8, 2014
     | 9,203 views

    Don’t pretend to be better than you really are. You could end up worse than you were; and besides, you don’t have to fake it to make it with God.

    A cowboy walked into a Texas bar, ordered three bottles of beer, and sat in the back room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished them, he came back to the bar and ordered three more. The bartender told the cowboy, "You know, a bottle goes flat after I open it. It would taste ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Deception And Death Of Annanias And Sapphira

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Oct 27, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 19,108 views

    A sermon examining the tragic end of a deceptive couple.

    THE DECEPTION AND DEATH OF ANNANIAS AND SAPPHIRA Acts 5:1-11 (Antioch Baptist Church: Wednesday, October 11th, 2025) “George MacDonald wrote, ‘Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look instead of trying to be, what one is not.’ The name that Jesus gave to this practice is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist