Weekly Sermons

Unable to Stop!                      Acts 4:1-22

Harassment of Christians has become commonplace in the public square in America, and we will be hearing more about persecution in our land.

The trend is clear: secular humanists are not just pushing for believers to get back in their churches and be quiet, they want believers to not act on what the Bible says at all or face civil ____________________.

The Apostles are arrested for Preaching Jesus                     V. 1-7

Now what’s interesting is that Peter and John were standing on trial in the ___________________ place their beloved Jesus had just two months earlier! 

The Apostle ____________________ THE Message: Jesus Saves!                                                                                                  V. 8-14

Remember that just two months earlier Peter had denied Christ to a servant girl while standing in the courtyard outside the Sanhedrin while Jesus was being tried. Now he gets a chance to testify in the place of his greatest __________________________!

Matthew 10:16-20

Acts 4:8-10 are just one sentence in the Greek! His subject is the power of the Name of Jesus!

The word for whole or healed at the end of verse 10 comes from sozo, which is the same word used in verse 12 for _______________!

Peter is saying, “The Jesus you killed is alive and saved this man here, and will be the only way for you or anybody else to be saved as well!”

The Jewish leaders were the builders of the nation, but they were not building on the only lasting _________________ - Jesus the Messiah!

The Apostles are told it is Illegal to _______________ mention Jesus                                                                                           V. 15-18

How did the early Christians react when they were told such nonsense?

The Apostles are unable to stop talking about Jesus           V. 19-22

Peter and John were not going to disobey the orders of Acts 1:8!

When they tell you you can’t, say, “______________________ told me I can, and I am unable to stop talking about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!”

The ______________________ of God is the overarching theme of the Bible, not salvation. God IS glorified through the salvation of repentant sinners; But He is ALSO glorified through the judgment of unrepentant sinners. He will receive the glory due His name, either in salvation or judgment.