Acts 4: 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: ‘By what power or what name did you do this?’
Peter and John have been brought to the Sanhedrin. People are upset, because Peter healed the lame beggar. Before they start working out a plan to get rid of the disciples, they interrogate them. Peter answers that they are acting in the name of Christ.
The whole speech Peter makes is powerful. He says that his accusers are the same ones who rejected Jesus. He boldly states that God raised Jesus from the dead after they crucified him. He also says that Christ is the only path to salvation. He doesn't tone it down a bit.
Prayer: Why aren't we the people You know we can be, after all these years? Why aren't people flocking to You when times are so tough? Yours is the only power that matters in the end. We should be calling out Your name, not relying on our own ways. Guide Your people, Lord, to be more faithful.
Amen
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