But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? Acts 5:3
“Not how much we give, but what we do not give, is the test of our Christianity.”
Oswald Chambers in The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations, edited by Martin H. Manser (Louisville: WJKP, 2001) 122.
When I teach through the Scriptures on generosity, when I get to Ananias and Sapphira, I remind my students to be honest about their giving and to not hold anything back from God.
Chambers likely calls this “the test of Christianity” because it reveals whether our trust is in God or in ourselves based on what we have held back. Would you pass this test?