2 Samuel 14, 2 Samuel 15: 1-12, Act 5: 12-42, Psalm 88: 10-19
“But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.”
Verses 17 through 21 from Acts 5 show the rescue of the
apostles b an angel of God when they were locked up for preaching about Christ.
The angel freed the disciples and told them to preach, and the disciples
breached again in the morning. I love these miracles of Christ, but then I
remember that the disciples of Christ were for the most martyred for their faith.
They died very painful deaths for preaching about the resurrection of Christ.
I sometimes wonder if that’s why some churches do not fully preach
all of God’s teachings. All Christians know that the early followers of Christ
died horrible deaths, and I think they are afraid of the same thing happening
to them. In today’s times, we don’t see many Christians dying of horrible
deaths in the western countries. But there are parts of the worlds where Christians
are still persecuted and killed like the first disciples of Christ. It takes a
lot to be a Christian in today’s world, where talking about your faith will
lead to cancellation and name-calling on social media. But the true followers
of Christ in the early church didn’t let torture and murder stop them. They
just kept on going and we need to follow in their example.
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