Under Pressure
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17 The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19 But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,
20 “Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!”
21 So at daybreak the apostles entered the Temple, as they were told, and immediately began teaching. When the high priest and his officials arrived, they convened the high council—the full assembly of the elders of Israel. Then they sent for the apostles to be brought from the jail for trial.
22 But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,
23 “The jail was securely locked, with the guards standing outside, but when we opened the gates, no one was there!”
24 When the captain of the Temple guard and the leading priests heard this, they were perplexed, wondering where it would all end.
25 Then someone arrived with startling news: “The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple, teaching the people!”
26 The captain went with his Temple guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they were afraid the people would stone them.
27 Then they brought the apostles before the high council, where the high priest confronted them.
28 “We gave you strict orders never again to teach in this man’s name!” he said. “Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”
29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.
30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by hanging him on a cross.
31 Then God put him in the place of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior. He did this so the people of Israel would repent of their sins and be forgiven.
32 We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him.”
33 When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them.
34 But one member, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was an expert in religious law and respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be sent outside the council chamber for a while.
35 Then he said to his colleagues, “Men of Israel, take care what you are planning to do to these men!
36 Some time ago there was that fellow Theudas, who pretended to be someone great. About 400 others joined him, but he was killed, and all his followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to nothing.
37 After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered.
38 “So my advice is, leave these men alone. Let them go. If they are planning and doing these things merely on their own, it will soon be overthrown.
39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God!”
40 The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go.
41 The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus.
42 And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”
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The STORY
17 The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19 But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,
20 “Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!”
21 So at daybreak the apostles entered the Temple, as they were told, and immediately began teaching. When the high priest and his officials arrived, they convened the high council—the full assembly of the elders of Israel. Then they sent for the apostles to be brought from the jail for trial.
22 But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,
23 “The jail was securely locked, with the guards standing outside, but when we opened the gates, no one was there!”
24 When the captain of the Temple guard and the leading priests heard this, they were perplexed, wondering where it would all end.
25 Then someone arrived with startling news: “The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple, teaching the people!”
26 The captain went with his Temple guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they were afraid the people would stone them.
27 Then they brought the apostles before the high council, where the high priest confronted them.
28 “We gave you strict orders never again to teach in this man’s name!” he said. “Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”
29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.
30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by hanging him on a cross.
31 Then God put him in the place of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior. He did this so the people of Israel would repent of their sins and be forgiven.
32 We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him.”
33 When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them.
34 But one member, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was an expert in religious law and respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be sent outside the council chamber for a while.
35 Then he said to his colleagues, “Men of Israel, take care what you are planning to do to these men!
36 Some time ago there was that fellow Theudas, who pretended to be someone great. About 400 others joined him, but he was killed, and all his followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to nothing.
37 After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered.
38 “So my advice is, leave these men alone. Let them go. If they are planning and doing these things merely on their own, it will soon be overthrown.
39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God!”
40 The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go.
41 The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus.
42 And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”
VS 20
THE ANGEL SAYS TO GO GET IN TROUBLE AGAIN....
VS 21
SO THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE TOLD...
VS 24
WHEN WOULD THIS ALL END/
CANT WE GET THINGS BACK THE WAY THEY WERE/
NEW NORMAL
VS 26
PETER AND JOHN WERE IN TROUBLE BUT ALL THE APOSTLES WERE ARRESTED
EVER BEEN IN TROUBLE AND IT WAS SOMEONE ELSES DEAL?
GOOD OR BAD THE COMPANY YOU KEEP WILL GET YOU TROUBLE
VS 28
3 REASONS YOU ARE HERE TODAY…TRIAL
1. IN THEY WERE ASK TO CUT IT OUT... STRICT ORDERS - PROBATION
2. FILL ALL JERUSALEM WITH YOUR TEACHING ABOUT “HIM” - JESUS
CANNOT SAY THE NAME
3. MAKE US RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS DEATH
VS 29-32
THIER RESPONSE
1. WE HAVE TO FOLLW GOD- NOT MAN
WE ARE JUST DOING WHAT WE WERE TOLD
STUPID ANGEL GETTING US IN TROUBLE....
2. GOD RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD…AFTER YOU KILLED HIM
3. GOD PLACES JESUS WITH HONOR
4. SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD REPENT AND SINS FOGIVEN
ONLY GOD CAN FORGIVE SIN
NOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE
5. WE ARE “WITNESSES” TO THIS WITH THE WHOLE THING
6. GIVEN TO EVERYBODY
VS 33
THEY REPOND BACK
LOST THIER MINDS KILL THEM MAD TICKED OFF
THEY WERE BLAMING THEM/THEY WERE IGNORING THEIR THREATS/THEY ARE SPEAKING JESUS NAME
VS 36-39
BUT GAMALIEL....
VS 40
THEY AGREED
BUT INSTEAD OF WARNING BECUSE THAT DID NOT WORK LETS FLOG THEM
VS 41
LEFT REJOICING????????????
WHY
GOD COUNTED THEM TO SUFFER DISGRACE FOE THE NAME OF JESUS
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR REPUTATION
WE DO NOT WANT THIS BUT THEY GOT EXCITED ABOUT IT
VS 42
IGNORED THE LEADERS AND WERE IN THE TEMPLE AND EVEN HOUSE TO HOUSE
JESUS IS THE MESSIAH