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Intro:
TS: Last week, we saw that Peter and John gave what they had to the lame man, the healed him in the name of Jesus.
This caused great comotion at the temple and led to many more being saved.
The leaders of the people arrested them.
They were upset that Peter and John dared to teach:
(a) that such men as Peter and John, untrained in the rabbinic schools, were teaching the people (v.
2a) and (b) that they “proclaimed in Jesus” an actual instance of “resurrection from the dead” (v.
2b, ASV).
The Sadducees denied the possibility of resurrection.
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The Defense
The Trial began at dawn as the Sanherin met
The council was the Chief Preist and 70 elders
The gathering probably consisted of the two main sects:
Pharisees
Members of a Jewish party that exercised strict piety according to Mosaic law.
The
The Pharisees kept themselves apart both socially and theologically from aristocratic sympathizers with Hellenism and the uneducated commoners.
Johnson, B. T. (2016).
Pharisees.
In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.),
The Lexham Bible Dictionary.
Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Saudducees
They taught there was no resurrection, the soul dies at death as well.
They didn't believe in angels and demons either.
Their differences was an undercurrent in all deliberations.
(We will see this in later encounters)
7-12 The Defense of the Apostles:
Peter's defense came from the Holy Spirit:
Jesus had promised power and boldness in these circumstances (Lk 21:14-15)
A) note the skill and ease with which he made his defense
B) The stinging sarcasm of his opening remark
If we are being judged for a good deed....
C) The boldness with which he charged them with murder
V 10
D) THe manner in which he turned the occasion into an opportunity to witness
v. 11-12
He proclaimed the resurrection
The Sanhedrin had tried to eliminate Jesus
Peter proclaimd that God had reversed that!
He proclaimd that in the name of Jesus they could be saved
This is the heart of the gospel!
The risen Lord is ready to forgive all who respond to His call
In Grace, He calls and and we have faith
This is why Paul would declare in
How easy it would have been for Peter and John to answer the high priest’s question by simply saying, “God did it.”
That would have been a religiously and politically correct response, and the apostles could have been dismissed immediately.
When they brought Jesus, his crucifixion, and his resurrection into the argument, the whole complexion of the Council changed.
The issue now revolved not around a healed cripple, but around the authority of Jesus of Nazareth.
AP:
Since salvation comes through the name of Jesus, Christians must courageously proclaim that name even in the most difficult of situations.
Like Peter, we must be courageous to proclaim Jesus
Since there is no other name by which anyone can be saved, we proclaim Jesus!
It isn't our story that saves
It isn't our persuasivenss that matters
We proclaim Christ!
2. The Deliberation
They entered into a deliberate contemplation:
a) Undeniable miracle
there was no denying that a miracle had been worked
b) Unexplainable boldness-
How could unlearned and untrained men be bold and so
They marveled at this
b) Unusual Explanation
13b They had been with Jesus
They connected the supernatural with having been with Jesus
The conclusion they reached:
STOP preaching in Jesus' name!
AP: We may come under fire when serving Jesus
God's stanards, and our living His way, isn't popular with people.
They don't want to be confronted with their sins.
They want to revel in and celebrate their sin
They demand we have tolerance for them
by that they mean, we have no right to share the Bible's view on their choices
When we call for repententance, not all will receive it well
from ridicule to lawsuits to physical persecution
Their negative responses can run the gambit.
3. The Determination
EX: The apostles faced a delimna:
Obey the court and stop preaching
could avoid trouble
could possible fade away and live in peace
Obey Jesus
be His witness throughout the world
draw the wrath of the Sanhedrin
Walk pleasing to the Lord
Their choice:
v.
We must speak what we have seen and heard
We must obey obey God rather than man
Christians with courage should be law-abiding citizens until that law exceeds the clearly written law of God, at which point a higher authority takes over.
Conclusion:
Implications:
Obey God not Man
Be Bold
Witness
Defense
Serve in Jesus' Name
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