The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 4:23-37
Acts 4:23-37And being let go, they went to their own company.Being let goWe do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is taken off. We call ourselves free, but there is not an absolutely free man in the universe. We have the liberty of law. We have the freedom of a theocracy. “The Lord reigneth,” and He would reign to no purpose if He did not restrain every creature, and restrain with singular meaning and graciousness the creature who bears His own image.I. Good restraints.1.... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 4:18-31
Acts 4:18-31And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor to teach in the name of Jesus.Christian courageI. Its test. The apostles did not wish to separate themselves from the Jewish Church, for it was while entering the temple that Peter and John restored the lame man. See these men, then, confronted by a positive command from the nation’s highest tribunal to be silent, a tribunal, too, that had condemned their Master. National love, respect for law, pride of race, reverence... read more