Ecclesiastes 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Under the outpouring of the Early Rain, Ananias and Sapphira had basked in the presence, and power of The Holy Ghost, yet they had chosen to retain errors that would only be made manifest when tested. None should believe that they suddenly defrauded God, for as was stated before, the choices a person makes all along, often become crystalized into the character, if the necessary changes in habit or practice do not take place.
In other words, what they were indulging secretly all along was brought to maturity under the Early Rain, and it converged and culminated when it came time for decisions. Just so it will be with all who pay hush money to conscience in an effort to stifle conviction.
If we have sinned in robbing God or if we have done anything that is contrary to truth and duty we must call sin by its right name when confessing, but never should we attempt to make excuses or reason away the voice of conscience on rational, logical grounds. Their decision to hold back part of the money from the land they had sold was the result of the habit of rationally reasoning away convictions of conscience, a habit that had been in process, and development for many years.
2nd Corinthians 9:7 Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!