Lesson 346

(Lesson 346)(07-26-12) Acts 4:1-4, "And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand."

This short lesson demonstrates the beginning of the oppression suffered by the early Church at the hands of the Jewish hierarchy. Because of the miracle they had performed, these disciples were locked up overnight. The harassment would become much worse as those who believed began to spread the gospel of Christ Jesus through the tribes of Israel.
It is amazing that in one day, in one reasonably small place, simply by demonstrating one miracle of faith, five thousand souls were saved.
Imagine what we could do today if all of us who believe had the strength of faith that those disciples had, and would take the time to spread the good news of redemption through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus, the operations of God.~