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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
Acts 4:14

Romans 3:19-20

 

“…that every mouth may be stopped,
and all the world may

become guilty before God.”

 

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The Lord Jesus forewarned His disciples in Luke 21:12-13, “But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony.” The priests could say nothing against the miracle for the evidence was so clear before their very eyes.
 
The undeniable proof: The Jewish leaders could not deny the great miracle. “And beholding the man” (Acts 4:14) means that they looked with their own naked eyes the very person who was healed. They could not be accused of hearsay or gossip. The man was well-known to all Jerusalem for he had been begging there for years. They could not hide the proof of the miracle. In an even greater miracle, when Jesus raised Lazarus after he had died four days prior, there were many in those days who came to see Lazarus and they would testify of the miracle. In the case of Peter and John, the Jews’ target was to eliminate the Apostles in order that the news about the miracle spread not.
 
The undebatable fact: They could not bring up any argument against the fact that the man who was once lame was standing tall before their eyes. They could not publicly explain the miracle to turn it into something natural or reasonable. They did not utter any words to deny the miracle, but warned the Apostles to do no further healing. In other words, since they could not explain away the miracle, they strongly warned them not to do it again. They could not stick any blame nor raise any words of accusation against the Apostles. They dared not say something about the Apostles’ lives, for their conversation manifested the light to others and through them the name of the Father in heaven was glorified.
 
Is your life so unblemished that unbelievers cannot say anything bad about your life in Christ? Is your witness and testimony as a believer worthy of glory to our Father who is in heaven?
 
THOUGHT: Am I living a sanctified life?

PRAYER: Father, daily convict me of the sins that I commit against Thee.

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