Peter and John were commanded not to speak in the name of Jesus.  And their response? (NASB) Acts 4:19-20 “…‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; 20 for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.’”  […]

Thanksgiving!  May you be thankful this day!  For what are you thankful this day?  Even if you live in a country that does not set aside a day of Thanksgiving…you can be thankful to the living God.  (NASB) Psalm 100:1-5 “SHOUT JOYFULLY to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before […]

  Peter and John healed a lame man in the name of Jesus; then Peter preached a sermon about the Lord Jesus Christ.    Many people saw the miraculous healing and heard that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.  (Acts 3:1-9)   The priests and Sadducees arrested these two men, holding them in jail overnight.  […]

  Previously, Peter and John told their accusers that “…there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.’”  (Acts 4:12)    Their accusers were members of the Rulers of the Jewish faith, the Sanhedrin.  These men are […]

  Peter and John drew a crowd in Jerusalem when a lame man was healed.  Then Peter gave a sermon.  As a result, Peter and John were arrested and taken before the Jewish rulers for questioning the next day.  Peter told this august group of men that they were responsible for the death of Jesus, […]

The prayer of the week is based on Acts 17:2-3   Father Your word is truth.  It states facts from the lives of men and women whom You have called to tell others of Your Son.  Paul was such a man.  He used the Scriptures to reason with people as he explained and gave evidence […]

  God’s word says: (NASB) Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”    For salvation, for eternal life ~ there is no other person, no other gods, none by which anyone can […]

  Peter and John had been arrested the evening before and now stood in the center of their accusers.  Who were those accusers?  The very ones who had accused Jesus in the last week of His life!  There was Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and others of high priestly descent.   And interestingly, Peter […]

  Peter and John had been arrested and put in jail overnight.   What may have been discussed during the night in a jail cell?  What was the real reason that they had been arrested?  Was it really about the charge of not having the proper credentials to heal a person?   When God’s people […]

  Peter and John were arrested late in the day, held in jail overnight and then questioned the next day.  (NASB) Acts 4:5 “On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; 6 and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all who […]