Welcome to the living word of God in ants chapter 4 verse 5 all the way to 12 you remember peter and john were put into the prison because they preached the gospel of Jesus and the next day it was none other but the high priest the captain of the temple the sadducees gathered together in Jerusalem verse 7 and when they had set them in the midst they asked by what power or by what name have you done this what did they do they healed a blind a beggar a poor man a lame man
what evil have they done brothers and sisters sometimes when you do good things you instead of being appreciated will be punished but do not be disappointed God is with you and they ask them the question by what power or by what name have you done this oh what an opportunity for peter and john to witness to these great leaders of the church of the community and their response is amazing then peter filled with the holy spirit say to them rulers of the people and elders of Israel if we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man by what means he has been made well oh brothers and sisters do not grow wary of doing good people might not appreciate you may be punished for that you may be punished and banished for doing good but remember God has the final the best reward awaiting for you let it be known to you all and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified whom God raised from the dead by him this man stands there before you I tell you in the name of Jesus we can preach in the name of Jesus we can heal in the name of Jesus we can leave brothers and sisters for Jesus is the stone that was rejected by the builders but became the chief cornerstone with Jesus we might be rejected by the world but remember with Jesus we will become the cornerstone don’t you want to be the cornerstone in the kingdom of God may that be our blessed experience amen