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All The Words of This Life
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They were filled with indignation
Why were the high priests indignant?
Some versions say they were filled with “jealousy”
The healing of many people and the growing acclaim of the apostles lead to their arrest, just like healing the lame man lead to the first arrest
First Peter had healed the lame man.
Now all the apostles were doing signs and wonders
As we have said many times “not everyone will be happy when you do good”
There are many reasons people resist when God is working
Jealousy - these High Priests were jealous of the success of the Apostles in winning people to God
Lives were being changed and instead of rejoicing, it was evidence that the existing methods were not leading to changed lives -
As Jesus had instructed the lepers to go show yourselves to the priests - as a testimony
In addition to jealousy, some people get angry because your good calls attention to their evil
You may not notice how bad someone is, until someone else starts setting a good example
People make up many reasons to justify their contempt for God -
They Put them in the Common Prison
They were put in “prison” a way of “binding them” or stopping them, and others from their purpose
It is still the same today - the enemy desires to hinder our purpose
So many countries have laws forbidding people to evangelize for Jesus
Many places have laws and policies making it difficult for Christians (India’s subsidies for example)
Even here there are many public and private examples of people resisting, becoming indignant when God’s Word is preached
even the food bank, operated by the Catholic Church, has impeded our efforts to share the gospel
Many other examples of laws and policies being promoted to shackle the Word
But what is it that all these people were and are angry about?
In our case, we serve free food to hungry kids and tell teach positive moral virtues.
What is t he problem with that?
In the case at hand, the apostles were healing people of diseases and performing miracles that no one else was able to do.
People express faith in Jesus Christ and their lives change for the better - according to their own accounts
The fact that there is so much opposition should be proof that the Gospel is divine
Act5.
An angel of the Lord opened the door -
This happened “at night”
when things seem darkest - your breakthrough comes
When things are dark, you may not be able to see how your deliverance can come
It was at night, when they could not see, God could see just fine
God sent and angel - a messenger
God still has a lot of messengers in this would - The bible says many of us have entertained them without even knowing it.
Don’t be moved by your circumstances , or by what you can see
We walk by faith
For instance when we started this ministry -
We had some misfortune - we could not see how it was going to work
It was in the night - the dark - God delivered us in a way I could not have imagined.
God is not limited to the resources and methods that you are aware of
God speak to the people “All the Words of this Life”
The were rescued for a reason
It was not to go hide in a cave
You were saved from death, and you were saved for a reason!
God has a purpose for you - Go tell all the world
Arise and Shine!
We are the saved of the Lord
You should never be ashamed of your salvation -
Too many people are content to hide their lights under a bushel
Sometimes after we have endured persecution or trouble, when the Lord delivers us, we think, “I don’t want to do that again”
Many people, after they get loosed from the snare won’t go back out into the harvest
But the Lord says “Go speak to the people!
Tell them all the Words of this life!
It is through “Words” that people come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ
Paul said “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ...”
Isa6
Are we seeing a pattern here so far?
Christians have power from God
Christians wait on Jesus
Christians stay in “one accord” (set aside their differences)
Christians “witness” for Jesus - the whole truth of the gospel
Christians do good works - including miracles by faith
Christians are not moved by threats or intimidation
They are not moved to run away and they are not moved to retaliate
Christians are moved by faith
Christians trust God and rejoice, even in suffering
Christians use every opportunity to share the Gospel of salvation
Everywhere, in every situation, when people are looking at them with praise, and when people are looking at them with contempt, they take opportunity to glorify Jesus
Are we Christians today?
These should be our examples
When they heard from the angel, they obeyed
They went early in the morning, like Abraham when God called him to offer Isaac...
How many of us, when we hear from God, begin to reason within ourselves
Thank God for our ability to reason, but the foolishness of God is wiser than men
When we hear from Him, we need to obey
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And so, here we see the pattern repeating, as it did the last time they were arrested
again they are reminded that they were commanded not to teach in His name
Again Peter reminded them that they have decided to obey God rather than men
How many people claim to believe these things, until it come time to put it into practice?
Most people don’t even need to be threatened with prison or death these days, just the idea of being unpopular or embarrassed is enough to silence them
They even reason within themselves that they are not denying Jesus by their silence, they just aren’t being offensive
But that is not the pattern we see in the early Church - if so there wouldn’t be a church
They (and we) were told to “go and speak to the people” - Who are you telling?
God raised up Jesus - Prince and Savior
Again, even in the face of threats, they go right on to the gospel
The didn’t just stop with saying we like Jesus
The also said “He is the Prince and Savior”
They went on to call people to repentance
We must not forsake this word
And forgiveness of sins
If people don’t think they have sinned how can they be forgiven?
act5.
When you continue to honor God, not only do people get angry, sometimes they plot against you
They intended to kill them- But God
God had a person in their midst who spoke up
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