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fied and how God raised him from the dead. The rulers had Peter and
John arrested. Peter and John stood boldly before the leaders and said
they were guilty of crucifying Jesus, but this was God’s will and God
raised him from the dead. The leaders then threatened them to not
speak about Jesus anymore. In other words, the leaders were making
it against the law to preach about Jesus. Peter said to the leaders,
judge for yourselves if it is right for us to obey you or God. After the
two apostles were beaten, they went back home to their friends and
family. There all the believers joined together in prayer. This is what
they prayed:
“Now Lord, consider their (the leader’s) threats and enable your servants
to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand
and heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name
of your holy servant Jesus. After they prayed, the place where they
were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and spoke the word of God boldly.” Acts 4:29­31
“With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection
of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.” Acts 4:33
The response to this threat and beating was not to run and hide, but
rather to pray for boldness so they would not be intimidated. The leaders
of that day had to take notice that these men had been with Jesus.
When we spend time with Jesus in his presence, there is boldness!
They wanted to preach the word without fear. The same Jesus that saw
this kind of faith, and sees right now many being tortured and killed for
their faith in other countries, is looking at these so called Christians in
America that sell him out everyday. They claim to be Christians but
give in to peer pressure and compromise daily. They have not died and
found the resurrection life.
A few more scriptures
Romans 6:5 “If we have been united with him (Jesus) like this in his
death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.”
Philippians 3:10­11 “I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection
and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like
him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection of the
dead.”
There is no greater honor than suffering for Christ. The greatest honor
would be to die for the one who has died for us, but not all are given