Passage of the Day - October 25, 2010

Acts 4:1-4

 ¹As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

 ²being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

 ³And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

 ⁴But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

Two problems with what Peter was teaching:  the resurrection from the dead – which the Sadducees didn’t believe in, and the resurrection being through the crucified blaspheming heretic Jesus Christ.  Peter spoke boldly enough of the gospel of Christ to earn a night in jail.  As we can see from this passage, boldly speaking the Truth can produce great fruit and severe consequences.