In the Name of Jesus: Healing and Bold Witness

As for us, we cannot help but speaking about what we have seen and what we have heard. We may not have college degrees, but we know Jesus. We've known him for these last few years. We know that he died. We know that he rose from the dead. We know that he is the son of God, and we know that he healed this lame man. Why should we listen to you? [01:04:25] (27 seconds)  #SeenAndHeard

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were ordinary unschooled men, they were astonished and they took note that these men, Peter and John, had been with Jesus. They were ordinary unschooled but they had been with Jesus. Jesus had changed their lives. When we spend time with Jesus, people can tell that too. When we spend time with him each day in prayer, reading scripture, listening, acting, thinking as he would have us act and think, people take note of that. [00:59:57] (56 seconds)  #BeenWithJesus

We don't always have to help people by giving them money. Peter and John, first of all, gave this man their attention, and then they gave him the greatest gift he could ever experience. Well, perhaps the two greatest gifts that he could experience. They gave him faith in Jesus Christ and they gave him or God gave him the ability to walk. For the first time in his life, he had been born lame. He had been born paralyzed. [00:46:00] (40 seconds)  #MoreThanMoney

No other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. How do we respond to that statement by Peter? Do we say, what then must we do to be saved? Or do we say, what then must we do to save our own power and our own authority and somehow get around needing Jesus at all? It's a good question that only we can answer for ourselves. [00:57:26] (43 seconds)  #NoOtherName

These men are preaching the resurrection of the dead. These men are are proclaiming that the long awaited messiah has already come. They're saying that that we killed him and he rose from the dead. How ludicrous. How blasphemous. What shall we do? And so they have the guards take Peter and John out of the room while they talk about this. What shall we do? That's a good question for each of us though, isn't it? [00:56:45] (42 seconds)  #ResurrectionProclaimed

Peter and John had the courage because they knew that Jesus had risen from the dead. They'd experienced him many times after his resurrection. They knew that Jesus was the son of God. They knew that all power and authority had been given to him. They knew that he had ascended to his heavenly father. They knew that they had received the holy spirit of God. And so how could they deny? How could they, not speak encouraging in faith to this council of men who had put their lord and master to death. [01:02:18] (40 seconds)  #BoldByFaith

go to church? Does, so and so, are they a Christian? Those people in your lives who, you know, maybe don't know for sure, they should all be able to say, yeah, I'm pretty sure they are because they can see him at work in you. They can see the fruit of the holy spirit in your words, in your attitudes, in your actions. They should be able to sense that within their own soul that you are a child of God. [01:01:28] (32 seconds)  #FruitOfTheSpirit

There is a a common expression nowadays people are on opposite sides of the spectrum, opposite sides of the issue, whatever that issue is. And they accuse the other side of being on the wrong side of history. Have you heard that phrase, the wrong side of history? No? No? There you go. I'm glad you're awake. I told you to get comfortable earlier. I didn't mean that comfortable. [00:58:10] (37 seconds)  #WrongSideOfHistory