They seized Peter and John and put them in prison. The next day Peter and John were brought in for questioning. This is the part I like: Acts 4:7 ..."By what power or what name did you do this?"
Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people!
Before the Baptism in the Holy Spirit Peter was intimidated by a servant girl. He ran off his mouth and then ran away. Now Peter full of the Holy Spirit was not intimidated by the most religious and powerful people of the day.
He gives them the hard truth.
Acts 4:9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed,
Acts 4:10 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.
Acts 4:11 He is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.'
Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
Dear Lord I wanted to be filled with your Holy Spirit that I might stand up for you.
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