Bible Verse of the Day Monday May 9th, 2022

Acts 5:29-30 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings! The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. 

The Jewish leaders arrested Peter and John for preaching about Christ Jesus and placed them in a public jail. However, in the middle of the night, an angel released them from the locked jail cell. The angel instructed them to go and preach the Gospel in the Temple Courts. When the leaders of the Jews realized the Apostles were preaching inside the Temple walls, they brought them in front of the Sanhedrin. The Jewish leaders asked Peter and John why they preached about Jesus when they were ordered not to preach Christ Jesus to the people. The apostles said that their obedience belonged to God, not any Humans.  

Peter is clearly stating that his faith in Christ Jesus didn't just start with Jesus. Peter established his faith through the Patriarchs, the distinguished Jewish fathers. The God who sanctified them also resurrected Jesus from the dead. God performed this miracle even though the Romans executed Jesus in the most scandalous and demeaning way possible for a devoted Jewish man. The gentiles nailed Jesus to a Cross, a punishment designated for the lowest of criminals. The crucifixion was illegal and a sign of being cursed according to the Law of Moses (Galatians 3:13).

Satan was at the core of the situation because the Jewish leaders were influenced by his evil. Satan had exhausted all of his options, and nothing he could do would stop the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ Jesus. Once this great miracle occurred, Satan's fate was sealed, an eternity separated from God. The only option Satan had left was to attempt to sway the Jewish leaders and stop the followers of Jesus. However, the Christian movement had gained momentum that even Satan could not deter or stop. The Gospel of Christ Jesus is preached in every land today, and Satan still unsuccessfully tries to block it in any way he can.

We, as born again, washed in the blood of Jesus, saved believers were left on this earth one heartbeat after we were saved for one reason. We are to follow the Apostles' example that day in the Temple Square. No matter how much resistance we might encounter, we are to continue spreading the Word of God to a dark, lost, and dying world. As Christians, there will not be a day in our lives that we do not come in contact with someone in need of the saving powers of Christ Jesus. When God places someone in our path that needs Jesus, let us not fail to respond to God's calling. 

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