Acts 4:5-12
When you hear the term moment of truth, your mind probably instantly goes to a high-intensity situation. Let’s be honest, if you watched the Detroit Lions game this past weekend, you are probably thinking of the final plays of regulation. Detroit is down by 3 and needs a score to tie or to send the game into overtime. Out comes Jake Bates and the field goal team to attempt a 65-yard field goal to tie! The ball is snapped, and the ball is kicked; for most of us, time probably slowed down for that moment as we watched the ball pass through the uprights. The field goal was good, and we headed into overtime! The same thing happened when we scored in overtime, and the defense came out and got a 4th down stop to win the game.
As we think about how the game made us feel, and especially the players. Peter had an even bigger moment of truth when he and John were addressing the Sanhedrin. When asked by what power are you doing these things after just healing a lame man. Peter had a choice; he had his moment of truth on how he was going to respond. His response says it all.
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 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, 10 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. 11 Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.”
As you read on, the priest ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin; they would later be brought back in and told to stop doing things in the name of Jesus Christ. At some point in our lives, we will face a situation similar to this when we are forced to obey God or man. When that moment of truth happens, what are you going to do?
When you hear the term moment of truth, your mind probably instantly goes to a high-intensity situation. Let’s be honest, if you watched the Detroit Lions game this past weekend, you are probably thinking of the final plays of regulation. Detroit is down by 3 and needs a score to tie or to send the game into overtime. Out comes Jake Bates and the field goal team to attempt a 65-yard field goal to tie! The ball is snapped, and the ball is kicked; for most of us, time probably slowed down for that moment as we watched the ball pass through the uprights. The field goal was good, and we headed into overtime! The same thing happened when we scored in overtime, and the defense came out and got a 4th down stop to win the game.
As we think about how the game made us feel, and especially the players. Peter had an even bigger moment of truth when he and John were addressing the Sanhedrin. When asked by what power are you doing these things after just healing a lame man. Peter had a choice; he had his moment of truth on how he was going to respond. His response says it all.
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 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, 10 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. 11 Jesus is
“‘the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.”
As you read on, the priest ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin; they would later be brought back in and told to stop doing things in the name of Jesus Christ. At some point in our lives, we will face a situation similar to this when we are forced to obey God or man. When that moment of truth happens, what are you going to do?
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