It is time to preach: Effective Ministry P/3

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                                 A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                       PART V -IX

"I, Peter, together with the others, was once again in prison.... But it was only for a very short time.... For we had a visitor..... It was not just any visitor... It was a heavenly visitor.... And he told us to follow him....So we did....He opened all the prison doors so we could walk out with him...  He then told us the reason for his coming to get us out of prison.... It was not just so that we could go back home... No, we were to go to the temple courts as soon as it was light... And we were to go there for one purpose only...  We were to go there to preach the gospel to the people.... And that is what we did!".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn about an heavenly visitor....

 

 

                ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                   PART V -IX

The religious leaders went to bed that night believing that at least for this night the apostles could not do any harm since they were safely locked up. But had they did not count on God's plan for His apostles as you can read in Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.

The religious leaders may have gone to sleep that evening believing everything was quiet. However, that was not the case in heaven for in heaven there was much activity. It was time for one of God's angels to be send to earth to visit the jail in Jerusalem where His apostles had been locked up. And the angel had a message for them as you can read in Acts 5:20

"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, and tell the people the full message of this new life."

The angel had not come to just reasure them of God's love. No he had come to take them out of jail so they could continue their ministry among the people as you can read in Acts 5:21a

At day break they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.

The apostles knew the angel had come to set them free for a purpose. So as soon as it was light they went over to the temple courts to minister to the people who were there. 

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