02/15/2021 – Day 274 – Acts 3 -4 /”Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than God, you judge.” 4:19
Christians are already a target of our pagan globalist government, and we are persecuted around the world. We should likewise pray as these early Christian leaders did, to speak boldly God’s Truth in the face of threats, even our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 4:11: “This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders which has become the chief cornerstone.” I referenced John Gill’s commentary for this verse , from the link that has a lookup for every verse of the Bible.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/
And this verse commentary as follows:
“This is the stone
That is, this Jesus of Nazareth, by whose name the lame man was made whole, is that stone spoken of in ( Psalms 118:22 ) by whom is meant the true Messiah, comparable to a stone, for his strength and duration, and usefulness, as a foundation and corner stone, in the spiritual building of the church; and yet notwithstanding is the stone which was set at nought of you builders:
the priests, elders, and Scribes; who were fond of being called builders, but made miserable work of it; despising and rejecting the stone of Israel, and instead of him as a foundation, built themselves, and others, on the traditions of the elders, and their own righteousness: but though Christ was rejected by them, both in person and in doctrine, and was ignominiously treated, and at last put to death, yet he was raised from the dead, and exalted at the right hand of God; and is the stone, which is become the head of the corner;
or the chief corner stone, that adorns, strengthens, knits, and keeps together, the whole building; in which Jews and Gentiles, saints in all ages and places, even all the elect of God, are united together; (See Gill on Matthew 21:42).”
Interesting , the last sentence connects directly up with the Hebrews post I completed last night on “keeping God’s building all together.”
I need not elaborate the glorious scene of our reading: These “simple” Galileans taking down the entire ruling Sandhedrin elite, filled with pride as to their so called wisdom. Glory to God in the highest poured out to His humble messengers through the power of the Holy Spirit!
Soli Deo Gloria!