31 After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.32 All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had.
Acts 2 through 4
shows a very exciting time in the life of the new believers. Peter and John had
faced some adversity, but God prevailed and they left to testify what the Lord
had done on their behalf. Word spread like fire through Jerusalem
Peter and John, even
when faced with threats to not testify of what Jesus had done for them, simply
couldn’t listen to what man had to say, but only to what God had to say. God’s
plan relied on the apostles to preach the gospel to as many as they could. As the church
began to grow, new challenges arose, but the message of Jesus Christ became
uncontrollable and the religious people didn’t like it.
Many Pharisees and Sadducees
continued to deny that Jesus was and is the true Son of God. They continued to
plot how to kill new believers and weaken the churches’ efforts to preach the
gospel. One thing is for sure, without the help of the apostles and the new believers;
it would have been more difficult for the gospel to spread like it did. We as Christians
should continue to pray like they did for boldness to preach the gospel to the
all the nations no matter what the cost.
Dear Jesus, thank you
for coming and dying on the cross for my sins. I repent and turn from
anything that would hinder my relationship with you today. Please help and
protect those that carry the good news to the utter ends of the earth. Give them
renewed strength and zeal to finish the work that you have for each one that is
called by your name. In Jesus’ name, Amen!
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