A Church Seized by Signs and Wonders

Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

ACTS of signs and wonders by the Apostles 5:11 NIV

ACTS of Signs and Wonders

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At this point in Luke’s account of the ACTS of the church we encounter an unexpected sign and wonder which struck great fear into the church.

Two believers lied to the Holy Spirit, after which each immediately met withthe judgment of God – death.

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Peter Replied: Signs Preached from Solomon’s Porch

In addition to the tongues of fire, a lame man made to walk and the Apostles walking out of a locked prison without explanation, EVERYONE begins to see signs of the power of GOD at work though them. When reports of the deaths of two disciples of the Apostles reach the ears of Jerusalem, MANY fear what could happen as these signs and wonders continue.

Acts 5:

12 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.

Signs and Wonders since Pentecost have already caused a stir in Jerusalem

Speaking the Word of God with Boldness

Jerusalem’s officials also fear the Apostles, not only because of their own wickedness, but since undeniable signs and wonders already performed in their midst in Herod’s temple threaten their tenuous political leadership of the temple..

Arrested AND Released

“Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”

[Peter has convicted them of their complicity in Jesus’ Sacrifice on the Cross; however the Apostle had also stated that God the Father had allowed it AND that JESUS had been raised from the grave!]

But Peter and the apostles answered,

“We must obey God rather than men.

Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

ACTS 4:30 NIV + Prayer of the Apostles

Signs and Wonders from GOD!

And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

ACTS 4:31 NKJV

• ACTS 5:14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
  • 15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.
• 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem,
  • bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits,
  • and all of them were healed.
• 17 Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy, arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out..
  • Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
• 42 And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.
• ACTS 6: Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number..
• 7 The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem,
• and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

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To be continued…