June 3, 2018
Acts 4:1-22
This week, we continue in the book of
Acts – stories of the Church developing and asserting its identity. This
week our story is from Acts 4:1-22, which immediately follows our story from
last week. Peter and John have healed a lame man. The people are
amazed. And they have drawn the attention of the Council priests, who
arrest and question them. The Council orders Peter and John not to speak
or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But they answer: “Whether it is
right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge; for
we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.” So, who
are you listening to? How are we called to listen and to speak?