Obeying God Means Witnessing
This Weeks Announcements and Events
We will be having a Voter’s Meeting with potluck afterward next Sunday May 1.
April 30 is the last day for early bird registration for the Youth Rally in Knoxville, TN. If your teen is planning on attending the youth rally, please notify Pastor by this Thursday April 28. We are also looking for chaperones as well. If you would like to chaperone our teens at the Youth Rally, please notify Pastor by this Thursday April 28 as well.
Prayer Requests for this Week:
Ted Johnson – health issues
Sarah Sauer – health issues
Mike Knicker – health issues
Amy Pauers- health issue
Walt Zimmerman – Health Issues
Brianna (Mike and Alexis Wolosz’ granddaughter) – dealing with health issue
Shawn Taylor – Recovering from surgery
Dan Kelley – Recovering from surgery
Alexis Wolosz – health issue
On Our Calendar this week
Sunday April 24
9:30 am – Worship
11 am – Sunday School
Tuesday April 26
10 am – BIC
Wednesday April 27
4:30 pm – Confirmation
Sunday May 1
9:30 am – Worship
11 am – Voter’s Meeting
“Did we not give you strict orders not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you are determined to bring this man’s blood down on us!” But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. (Acts 5:28–29)
After Pentecost, the disciples began to spread the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, starting in Jerusalem (just as Jesus had told them to.) But the high priest and his group of followers, the Sadducees, were filled with envy. They didn’t want the people to follow Peter and the apostles or hear their teaching. They were afraid that if the people believed Peter and the other apostles, the people would realize that the high priest had put an innocent man to death by an unfair trial, and the high priest would lose his power over the people. To stop this from happening, the high priest and the Sadducees had the apostles arrested.
But God was not about to let his eyewitnesses be silent. He sent an angel to release the apostles and give them direction on where to proclaim the good news next. When the high priest and the Sanhedrin tried again to stop the apostles from witnessing, Peter gave this answer that the high priest could not deny.
When you try to witness to someone about your faith, there is always something that will try to stop you. Maybe it’s another person. Maybe it’s that voice inside your head telling you to stop. Maybe it’s the fear of making a fool of yourself or being rejected. All of these things can seem to make some pretty strong arguments as to why we shouldn’t share our faith. But Jesus sends us into the world as his witnesses. And he promises to be with us and that his word will not return to him empty. Therefore, we can tell whatever or whoever it is that tries to stop us from witnessing that we must obey God rather than men, and know that God will not abandon us for doing so. Amen.
The song for today is “Stand In Faith” By Danny Gokey