We saw
Peter and John released from prison a few weeks back, but it didn’t take long
for the religious leaders to arrest them again.
Acts
5:12, 14, 17-21 12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among
the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s
Colonnade… 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and
women believed in the Lord and were added to their number…
17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of
the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18 They
arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But
during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the
jail and brought them out. 20 “Go, stand in
the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
21 At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been
told, and began to teach the people.
God could have
prevented them from getting arrested in the first place, but He had a purpose
in allowing it. His power and presence was seen and felt as His angel released
them. Then, the testimony of the apostles in the temple courts was that much
more powerful! The rest of chapter 5 also reveals many other purposes God had
for their arrest.
My son, James,
asked many of the boys in his gymnastics class the other day if they knew God. No
one responded positively. They either said God didn’t exist or just made a
silly comment (including one of the coaches saying God was just like sand). Like
James, I haven’t been arrested for my faith, but I’ve certainly been laughed at
and opposed.
Alice
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