Filled With The Holy
Spirit
The
priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter
and John while they were speaking to the people. They were greatly disturbed
because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the
resurrection of the dead. They seized
Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the
next day. But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who
believed grew to about five thousand.
The next day the rulers,
the elders and the teachers of the law met in
Then Peter, filled
with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! If we are
being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was
lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the
people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you
healed. Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Salvation is found in
no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which
we must be saved.”
When they saw the
courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men,
they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Acts
4:1-13
It is noted that
Peter and John were just ordinary men, but they had been trained by Jesus. You
and I can be trained with Jesus by our faith and beliefs, and by reading the
Bible. Nothing can replace training that comes from being in His presence. He
is the source of whatever spiritual impact we might have on our world. How much
time have you been spending with Jesus – your source of impact?
To master
this life, spend time with the Master.
Our Daily Bread –