Wednesday April 10, 2024

Acts 5:27-33

We continue to hear the stories of our beginnings as a church. Today the apostles are brought before the Sanhedrin because they were warned to stop speaking in his name but they (the apostles) filled up Jerusalem with stories of him(Jesus). So they are given another chance to cease and desist. Peter says “Obedience to God comes before obedience to men.”

Take what you can from this story, I am touched the apostles were so believed by the mass. There must have been something about their testimony that people felt called to. There must have been a real and tangible presence of Jesus that the movement caught fire. Remember these guys were preaching in hostile times and environment. All the apostles except St. John died for this.

We at Rabbouni may know something about cease and desist. But also through the mysterious hand of God our little community is vibrant and I am eternally grateful. Listen people read your passion and so find what fires you up and obey it