Scripture Reference: Acts 4:32 through 5:11 Suggested Emphasis: We should be honest. Memory Verse: “Do not lie to each other. You have left your old sinful life and the things you did before.…
This Ananias and Sapphira object lesson will help our children understand that lying and sneakiness are not steps on the narrow path of godliness.
This is such a good lesson! It can really make the kids think about consequences for their actions.
This Ananias and Sapphira object lesson will help our children understand that lying and sneakiness are not steps on the narrow path of godliness.
Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira Sunday School Crossword Puzzles
This is a great lesson for kids! The obvious application is do not lie! I have updated the lesson, application printable, added visuals a...
This is such a good lesson! It can really make the kids think about consequences for their actions. Introduction: We are going to be studying the book of Acts. That is in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and then Acts. Luke was a doctor, and he is the one who wrote this book. Luke wrote it 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead. We will look at some of the early Christians and what they had to suffer for Jesus. These will lead to our lessons about Paul. Acts has 30 years of information for us to study. Today's lesson is found in Acts 5:1-11. We acted out this lesson. You will see where we moved to different areas in the classroom during the lesson. The Christians have been teaching as many people as they can, and there were a lot of baptisms. They were performing miracles and healing people. Acts 4:34-37: The people that had land or houses, sold them and brought the money from the sale to the Apostles and they gave to the poor and needy. I printed the deed on "granite paper" You can print the "land deed sale" here. (Everyone stands at the money station. There is a document that states they sold land and get a bag of money for the sale.) (The kids take these home) Today we are learning about a married couple named Ananias and Sapphira. Ananias and Sapphira had some land they could sell. (Acts 5:3) They saw that the Christians were giving money to Peter and Peter was a follower of Jesus. Ananias and Sapphira thought they could impress Peter by giving money too. They sold some land and they both decided to keep SOME of the money for themselves and give the rest to Peter to help the poor. (Do land deed transfers and hand out money) We dated, stamped, scribbled a signature, and rolled up the deed with a ribbon. (Now, we move to another part of the room, to the 'Temple' area.) Ananias took the other part and took it to the disciples and laid it at their feet. “Look!” Ananias told them, “I sold some of my land and here is all the money I made!” Peter said to Ananias: Why have you kept part of the money from the sale? It was your money, under your own control, so why have you come up with this lie in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God! And do you think God wants us to lie? Well, right after Ananias heard this from Peter, he fell down dead! Aren’t you glad that God doesn’t strike us down instantly now? The headstones for A & S were purchased at Dollar Tree a couple of years ago. They are Styrofoam, so I used a craft knife, and scraped off the stuff I didn't want on it, then used paint to blend in the colors and add their initial so it wasn't obvious that I had cut on it. (We all moved to the 'Graveyard" station.) Some men came and carried the body of Ananias out of the temple. They were amazed, and a little scared by what had happened. (Back to 'Temple' station.) About 3 hours later (Acts 5:7), Sapphira, came into Peter. She hasn’t heard what happened to her husband yet. Peter asked her, "Is the amount that Ananias donated what they sold the land for?" She answered: “Yes, that’s how much we sold the land for.” Peter asked her why they agreed together to test God? Peter told her to look at the feet of the men that buried her husband because they will carry you out too! (We moved to the 'Graveyard' station.) IMMEDIATELY, Sapphira died, and the men came to carry her out and they buried her by her husband. People heard about Ananias & Sapphira from far, far away! They heard about how they had lied to Peter, and most importantly they lied to God. And, they both died instantly because of their lies! (Acts 5:11: A great fear came upon all the church (the people) and upon all who heard these things.) And many Christians learned that day that God sees and hears everything that we do. Extra project: Give each child a 3x5 white index card. We are transparent to God. Have them draw a heart and write their names on the card with white crayon. Discuss how we can’t see what is on the card. But God can. Take a marker and color over the cards. Explain that God can see what we cannot. We can’t see each other’s hearts, but God can. I had the students make a heart with sin, lies, and/or love on each. Original idea found here. Click here to download the worksheet. You can find all the Acts worksheets here. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Not all are shown. These have been updated with a cleaner look as shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Bible Verse: Acts 5:4 Passport: Jerusalem Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira Sunday School Crossword Puzzles
Satan is known as the Deceiver. Sin can look good, even beautiful, at times, but it is deceptive. Use images of three deceptive animals to teach this Ananias and Sapphira object lesson.
Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1-11 When teaching the story of Ananias and Sapphira, I depended on assistance from my teenage daugh...
Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira Sunday School Crossword Puzzles
Today we started studying the story of Ananias and Sapphira. We started by finding the New Testament, then Acts, then Acts 5 and reading ...
This Ananias and Sapphira object lesson will help our children understand that lying and sneakiness are not steps on the narrow path of godliness.
This is such a good lesson! It can really make the kids think about consequences for their actions. Introduction: We are going to be studying the book of Acts. That is in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and then Acts. Luke was a doctor, and he is the one who wrote this book. Luke wrote it 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead. We will look at some of the early Christians and what they had to suffer for Jesus. These will lead to our lessons about Paul. Acts has 30 years of information for us to study. Today's lesson is found in Acts 5:1-11. We acted out this lesson. You will see where we moved to different areas in the classroom during the lesson. The Christians have been teaching as many people as they can, and there were a lot of baptisms. They were performing miracles and healing people. Acts 4:34-37: The people that had land or houses, sold them and brought the money from the sale to the Apostles and they gave to the poor and needy. I printed the deed on "granite paper" You can print the "land deed sale" here. (Everyone stands at the money station. There is a document that states they sold land and get a bag of money for the sale.) (The kids take these home) Today we are learning about a married couple named Ananias and Sapphira. Ananias and Sapphira had some land they could sell. (Acts 5:3) They saw that the Christians were giving money to Peter and Peter was a follower of Jesus. Ananias and Sapphira thought they could impress Peter by giving money too. They sold some land and they both decided to keep SOME of the money for themselves and give the rest to Peter to help the poor. (Do land deed transfers and hand out money) We dated, stamped, scribbled a signature, and rolled up the deed with a ribbon. (Now, we move to another part of the room, to the 'Temple' area.) Ananias took the other part and took it to the disciples and laid it at their feet. “Look!” Ananias told them, “I sold some of my land and here is all the money I made!” Peter said to Ananias: Why have you kept part of the money from the sale? It was your money, under your own control, so why have you come up with this lie in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God! And do you think God wants us to lie? Well, right after Ananias heard this from Peter, he fell down dead! Aren’t you glad that God doesn’t strike us down instantly now? The headstones for A & S were purchased at Dollar Tree a couple of years ago. They are Styrofoam, so I used a craft knife, and scraped off the stuff I didn't want on it, then used paint to blend in the colors and add their initial so it wasn't obvious that I had cut on it. (We all moved to the 'Graveyard" station.) Some men came and carried the body of Ananias out of the temple. They were amazed, and a little scared by what had happened. (Back to 'Temple' station.) About 3 hours later (Acts 5:7), Sapphira, came into Peter. She hasn’t heard what happened to her husband yet. Peter asked her, "Is the amount that Ananias donated what they sold the land for?" She answered: “Yes, that’s how much we sold the land for.” Peter asked her why they agreed together to test God? Peter told her to look at the feet of the men that buried her husband because they will carry you out too! (We moved to the 'Graveyard' station.) IMMEDIATELY, Sapphira died, and the men came to carry her out and they buried her by her husband. People heard about Ananias & Sapphira from far, far away! They heard about how they had lied to Peter, and most importantly they lied to God. And, they both died instantly because of their lies! (Acts 5:11: A great fear came upon all the church (the people) and upon all who heard these things.) And many Christians learned that day that God sees and hears everything that we do. Extra project: Give each child a 3x5 white index card. We are transparent to God. Have them draw a heart and write their names on the card with white crayon. Discuss how we can’t see what is on the card. But God can. Take a marker and color over the cards. Explain that God can see what we cannot. We can’t see each other’s hearts, but God can. I had the students make a heart with sin, lies, and/or love on each. Original idea found here. Click here to download the worksheet. You can find all the Acts worksheets here. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Not all are shown. These have been updated with a cleaner look as shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Bible Verse: Acts 5:4 Passport: Jerusalem Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
This is such a good lesson! It can really make the kids think about consequences for their actions. Introduction: We are going to be studying the book of Acts. That is in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and then Acts. Luke was a doctor, and he is the one who wrote this book. Luke wrote it 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead. We will look at some of the early Christians and what they had to suffer for Jesus. These will lead to our lessons about Paul. Acts has 30 years of information for us to study. Today's lesson is found in Acts 5:1-11. We acted out this lesson. You will see where we moved to different areas in the classroom during the lesson. The Christians have been teaching as many people as they can, and there were a lot of baptisms. They were performing miracles and healing people. Acts 4:34-37: The people that had land or houses, sold them and brought the money from the sale to the Apostles and they gave to the poor and needy. I printed the deed on "granite paper" You can print the "land deed sale" here. (Everyone stands at the money station. There is a document that states they sold land and get a bag of money for the sale.) (The kids take these home) Today we are learning about a married couple named Ananias and Sapphira. Ananias and Sapphira had some land they could sell. (Acts 5:3) They saw that the Christians were giving money to Peter and Peter was a follower of Jesus. Ananias and Sapphira thought they could impress Peter by giving money too. They sold some land and they both decided to keep SOME of the money for themselves and give the rest to Peter to help the poor. (Do land deed transfers and hand out money) We dated, stamped, scribbled a signature, and rolled up the deed with a ribbon. (Now, we move to another part of the room, to the 'Temple' area.) Ananias took the other part and took it to the disciples and laid it at their feet. “Look!” Ananias told them, “I sold some of my land and here is all the money I made!” Peter said to Ananias: Why have you kept part of the money from the sale? It was your money, under your own control, so why have you come up with this lie in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God! And do you think God wants us to lie? Well, right after Ananias heard this from Peter, he fell down dead! Aren’t you glad that God doesn’t strike us down instantly now? The headstones for A & S were purchased at Dollar Tree a couple of years ago. They are Styrofoam, so I used a craft knife, and scraped off the stuff I didn't want on it, then used paint to blend in the colors and add their initial so it wasn't obvious that I had cut on it. (We all moved to the 'Graveyard" station.) Some men came and carried the body of Ananias out of the temple. They were amazed, and a little scared by what had happened. (Back to 'Temple' station.) About 3 hours later (Acts 5:7), Sapphira, came into Peter. She hasn’t heard what happened to her husband yet. Peter asked her, "Is the amount that Ananias donated what they sold the land for?" She answered: “Yes, that’s how much we sold the land for.” Peter asked her why they agreed together to test God? Peter told her to look at the feet of the men that buried her husband because they will carry you out too! (We moved to the 'Graveyard' station.) IMMEDIATELY, Sapphira died, and the men came to carry her out and they buried her by her husband. People heard about Ananias & Sapphira from far, far away! They heard about how they had lied to Peter, and most importantly they lied to God. And, they both died instantly because of their lies! (Acts 5:11: A great fear came upon all the church (the people) and upon all who heard these things.) And many Christians learned that day that God sees and hears everything that we do. Extra project: Give each child a 3x5 white index card. We are transparent to God. Have them draw a heart and write their names on the card with white crayon. Discuss how we can’t see what is on the card. But God can. Take a marker and color over the cards. Explain that God can see what we cannot. We can’t see each other’s hearts, but God can. I had the students make a heart with sin, lies, and/or love on each. Original idea found here. Click here to download the worksheet. You can find all the Acts worksheets here. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Not all are shown. These have been updated with a cleaner look as shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Bible Verse: Acts 5:4 Passport: Jerusalem Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira Sunday School Crossword Puzzles
Today we started studying the story of Ananias and Sapphira. We started by finding the New Testament, then Acts, then Acts 5 and reading ...
This post is a request from a comment. I have listed the order of the lesson posts for Acts with the links for your convenience to find them. If you are teaching the book of Acts, this list of links help make finding everything easier. Please note: This has the list of original Acts lessons first. Newer versions will be listed also with the blog post photo, but both posts have different ideas & printables. Sorry, this page is missing pictures. They will be added soon. Click here to see the updated visuals for Acts. Click on the title to see the post: The Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost Ananias & Sapphira Newer lesson is here Stephen Newer lesson is here Philip & Ethiopian Eunuch Newer lesson is here Peter Freed From Prison newer lesson here Peter Heals Dorcas & Aeneas Newer lesson is here Cornelius & Peter's Dream Newer lesson is here Saul Blinded by the Light Newer lesson is here Paul Leaves Damascus by Basket Newer lesson is here Newest lesson is here Paul & Elymas the Sorcerer Newer lesson is here Paul & Barnabas in Antioch Newer lesson is here Paul Heals Crippled Man in Lystra Newer lesson is here Timothy Newer lesson is here Lydia Newer lesson is here or here newest lesson is here Paul & Silas in Prison Newer lesson is here newer lesson is here Paul Preaches @ Mars Hill in Athens Newer lesson is here Newest lesson is here Aquila & Priscilla Newer lesson is here Newest lesson is here Eutychus Newer lesson here Demetrius & Evil Books Burned Newer lesson is here Agabus Newer lesson is here Newest lesson is here Paul Captured in Jerusalem Newer lesson is here Paul's Nephew Saves Him Newer lesson is here Paul Before Felix Newer lesson is here Newest lesson is here Paul Before Festus & King Agrippa Newer lesson is here Newest lesson is here Paul Shipwrecked Newer lesson is here Paul Gets Bit by a Snake on Malta Newer lesson is here Paul Arrives in Rome Newer lesson is here Paul's Life Review Click here to see all the Acts worksheets. Click here for the ORIGINAL Acts passport link to print your weekly passport. The Travels of Paul Passport was updated! It is smaller to look like a real passport, easier to print, and has more printing options. Click here to see the newer version. The newest passport with stamps is here. Click here for the Acts lapbook printables. Click here for the visuals for each lesson that can be for a bulletin board, flip chart, etc.
Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1-11 As an application story for Ananias and Sapphira, we spent time discussing telling the tru...
Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira Bible Word Search Puzzles
Hi all! Today’s story is from Acts 5 (and the end of Acts 4). So all the people who believed in Jesus were meeting together (like church). they lived together and shared everything they had. …
Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira Kids Bible Stories
This is a short post with a set of Magnetic Board Visuals for Ananias & Sapphira.
This is such a good lesson! It can really make the kids think about consequences for their actions.
ANANIAS-SAFIRA-MENTIRA-DIA DA MENTIRA
VERSES: Acts 4:32-5:11 MEMORY VERSE: Acts 4:32 "And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul..." BO...
