with the Spirit: this can be, for God will fill us with His Spirit. 4. There is still a lesson, no less needful, no less solemn than that of Ananias (8:19). The Holy Ghost rejecting Money. “Simon offered them money, saying, ‘Give me also this power.’ But Peter said to him, ‘Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.’ ” The attempt to gain power or influence in the Church of God by money brings perdition. Here, more than with Ananias, it was simple