TEXT : ACTS 4:6-10
THE AUTHORITY OF A CHILD OF GOD.
"And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole."
Dearly beloved, the Jewish authority were dumbfounded when they were told that the crippled beggar was healed by the name of Jesus.
Led by Satan they had earlier bribed the soldiers who watched the tomb of Jesus and told them to say that His disciples stole His body in order to deny His resurrection.
Dying for us was not a major threat to Satan.
Men have tied for their wives, children and even friends, but none has resurrected.
Satan was terrified about resurrection.
Jesus received a name that is above every and any other name.
That name ended the reign and rascality of Satan on the earth forever.
The Jewish council being privy to this information and acting for the devil warned them never to use the name of Jesus again.
"And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus." (Acts 4:18)
Beloved, if there was nothing in the name of Jesus, why is Satan and all his agents threatened by that name in the mouth of a believer?
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
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For further reading,
Psalm 17,18.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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