Tuesday
Read Acts 5:27-32
27 They brought the apostles in, made them stand before
the Council, and the High Priest questioned them. 28“We gave you
strict orders not to teach in the name of this man,” he said; “but see what you
have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to
make us responsible for his death!” 29Peter and the other apostles
replied, “We must obey God, not men. 30The God of our ancestors
raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross. 31God
raised him to his right-hand side as Leader and Saviour, to give the people of
Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven. 32We
are witnesses to these things—we and the Holy Spirit, who is God’s gift to
those who obey him.”
Think
During the Easter Season we read from the Acts of the Apostles instead of
the Old Testament. Peter who was afraid
to identify as a disciple of Jesus on Good Friday / Thursday night is now on
trial for preaching about Jesus. When
asked to stop his response is: "We must obey God, not men."
Pray
Sometimes we're not confident enough to speak up for what is right because
we're afraid of the opinions of others.
Pray that we would have the courage to obey God and not men.
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