We can all act like that

I was thinking about Acts chapter 5 verses 1-11, and how Ananias and Sapphira died, and I thought to myself "isn't that kind of thing 'old testament'". And that may be an "appropriate" first response God did that kind of stuff before Jesus came, but it can't be the only one. Ananias and Sapphira died, but it was because they lied to God, and they lied because they wanted to appear holy. They held back some money from a sale of property and said they gave it all. God is not mad because they kept some money back, all He requires is 10%, but He was mad that they lied to appear more holy. Sometimes I can find myself going around and saying the "right things" to appear "holy" to other people or "important". But that is not what God wants. It was not the greed of Ananias that killed him, it was his lie, it was the fact that he thought he duped God. He thought he could kill three birds with one stone, he gave money to the church, he kept money for himself, and he made himself feel important. We all can get caught in that trap, trying to appear like our lives are completely together and every thing's fine. Trying to show people how close to God you are, when really you're in a spiritual rut. We all are like that sometimes. Our society is so focused on being something you're not, that we don't know who we are. Greed didn't kill Ananias, pride did, and pride is the worst sin of all, it's the worst because when you're proud you won't admit it, and when you won't admit it you'll never see it, but God always does.