Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you make a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ananias and Saphira were partakers of the early rain but, instead of maturing them into righteousness, it caused them to come to maturity in wickedness. In other words, the choices that they had been making all along culminated and converged during the early rain, thus bringing their probation to a permanent close.
If one who knows better has been secretly robbing God in tithes and offerings all along, the Latter Rain won’t necessarily bring about some sudden change in practice. Instead, the habit and practice will most likely be confirmed and cemented forever, if positive change is not instituted.
Reasoning away one’s obligations to God on rational grounds, sets the stage for persons to be vacillating in their convictions, and this in turn opens the door for logical reason to take precedence over a known duty. When persons make a commitment to God whether it be monetary or a pledge of service, it should be held as sacred, and such persons must do all in their power, to make good on that which was promised. But, to reason away a commitment, on apparently rational grounds, will put us at cross purposes with God.
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.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!