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Acts 4:17–20 · BSB
4:17 But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
4:18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
4:19 But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
4:20 For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
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…somebody else is gonna be involved in the equation. Think about the uh in the New Testament when we read about the apostles Peter and John.Acts chapter 4tells us what they're up to, how they felt. Acts chapter 4, verse 20 says, uh, Peter writes this about him and John, for we are unable to stop…
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…the early church, as portrayed in the book of Acts, cared for the poor and made great gains in Jerusalem as a result. Again, Acts chapter 2,Acts chapter 4, they gave generously to anyone who had need. Nothing There was nothing that was off the table. You know, they gave their possessions. Thousands…
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…for Jesus. Let me move to my last point as I wind up: the power to give boldness. See, the gospel gives us the power to speak boldly, and inActs chapter 4, verse 1 to 26, Paul gives his submission to King Agrippa. I will not lead the whole text, it is too long. I will go to verse 31. Acts chapter 4, verse 31. In the…
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…17 says, take up the helmet of salvation, the sword of the spirit, which is. The word of God. Now how does this happen? This happens, we see it inActs chapter 4. Peter and John had come back to the church having been told by the Sanhedrin not to teach anymore in the name of Jesus. Because they saw a man…
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…right? In chapter 14, verse 26, that he promises to teach us, to bring to remembrance, so that we can teach the world. Not only that, you see inActs chapter 4that he testifies through the preaching and the witnessing of the church. So Acts 4.31, that the Spirit-empowered believer is to proclaim Christ…
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…God to doing justice and loving kindness with one another and in our wider community? What would it look like? Luke wrote of the early church, inActs chapter 4, he wrote of the early church that there was not a needy person among them. It's not that there were no needs in the early church, it's just that…
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…were here this morning, with hell and no solution. But we are left with Jesus providing us a hope, a hope that goes beyond what we could imagine.Acts chapter 4and verse number 10 through 12, the disciples are being questioned, and they're answering the question about a lame man that's been raised, and…
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…I'm one of the pastors here at Life. And it's good to be here. Good to be with you today. Let's open God's word together, if you would, with me toActs chapter 4. Acts chapter 4. I hope you have a copy of the Bible. We want you to know that. Somebody tripped back there, so I don't know if you heard that or…
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…kind of um battle in this area. Even in the New Testament, uh, some of the apostles, uh Jesus' disciples, kind of faced some of the same thing. InActs chapter 4, we see where um people were kind of criticizing them and saying in verse 13, now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and they perceived…
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…He probably didn't study real hard for that sermon. He might not have gotten it all right. Well, that's not the only time St. Peter said that. InActs chapter 4, there's another sermon that Peter preached in Jerusalem. And this is what he said. In Acts chapter 4, verse 12. St. Peter said, There is salvation…
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…who had land in Cyprus. He was a Greek-speaking Jew, and he had money, he had land, he sold it, he gave everything he had to the early church inActs chapter 4. But what's parenthetically mentioned in Acts 4 is they changed his name to the Son of Encouragement. That's what Barnabas means. And he becomes a…
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…the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his what? And against his anointed Messiah. Same word. When we read, we connect it toActs chapter 4. Hold this. Please, if it's your Bible, put your hand in that place and connect it to Acts chapter 4, verse 25 to 28. Acts chapter 4, verse 25 to…
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…obedient, and because of that they were blessed. But it wasn't necessary for the disciples to tarry when they were filled the second time, as inActs chapter 4. They prayed, they turned their eyes from men who threatened them to the Lord Jesus, where their eyes belonged, and the house was shaken and they…
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…members at this time in the New Testament church in Jerusalem. I mean, it's no wonder. They had 3,000 saved in Acts chapter 2, 5,000 saved inActs chapter 4. Then the church multiplied. I mean, that's 8,000, then you multiply, and that's just men, then you multiply that. If you just multiply that by…
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…speaking to me and it's burning in my heart. And I can't help but preach what he has put in my heart to say. This is what happened in the book ofActs chapter 4. And Peter and John are standing before the Sanhedrin. And the Sanhedrin says, don't preach in his name anymore. And what did Peter and John say?…
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…this whole imperial guard comes to know that forgiveness is in Jesus' name. There's no other name given among men by which we must be saved. That'sActs chapter 4. Or what about Romans chapter 10, where we're encouraged to speak? Because the faith comes from hearing. It says this in verse 14. How then will…
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…group. And just notice this group and what we know about them. There's Barnabas. What do you know about him? He's the son of what? Encouragement.Acts chapter 4and verse 36. So Barnabas is an encourager. There's Simeon, who was also called Niger, and Some commentators believe that he— this word Niger means…
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…something yet in my life. Look, if you would at uh Moses, I'm sorry, Exodus chapter 8. Stay with me. Exodus chapter 8. And also, would you pick upActs chapter 4? Exodus chapter 8 and Acts chapter 4. Remember, the Holy Spirit wrote this for our admonition. Exodus chapter 8 and Acts chapter 4. Well, I don't…
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…and changes us. The Word of God leads us and guides us. The Word of God empowers us. The Word of God changes our prayer life. We didn't continue inActs chapter 4, but in Acts chapter 4, one thing they did is they quoted back to God Psalm chapter 2. And they prayed the word of God back to the Lord. The word…
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…Only the Lord Jesus Christ. This was understood by the apostles and the early church. They expressed the exact same thing that Jesus expressed. InActs chapter 4, they said, There is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Orthodoxy, right? That's what Jesus taught, that's what…
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