But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”
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The same threadPsalm 51:4
To deceive the Spirit is to sin against God: 'against you, and you only, have I sinned.'
“Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.”
The same threadNumbers 32:23
'You have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out': sin against God is never private or cost-free.
““But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.”