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- 0:04Hello
- 0:04my
- 0:04friend
- 0:05Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:05Miller
- 0:06here.
- 0:06With
- 0:06the
- 0:06Daily
- 0:07Bible
- 0:07Refresh.
- 0:08This
- 0:08is
- 0:08your
- 0:09daily
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- 0:13Testament
- 0:14lesson
- 0:14selected
- 0:15from
- 0:15the
- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:16Lectionary
- 0:17for
- 0:18this
- 0:18very
- 0:19day.
- 0:19The
- 0:19reading
- 0:20is
- 0:20understandable.
- 0:20I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21message
- 0:21version
- 0:22relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:23listen
- 0:23to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:24ponder
- 0:25and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
- 0:26action
- 0:26steps
- 0:27you
- 0:27can
- 0:28take.
- 0:28We
- 0:28pray
- 0:29and
- 0:29are
- 0:29done
- 0:29in
- 0:29less
- 0:29than
- 0:3010
- 0:30minutes.
- 0:30It's
- 0:31all
- 0:31brought
- 0:31to
- 0:31you
- 0:31by
- 0:31voiceofgoddaily.com
- 0:34which
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- 0:34home
- 0:34of
- 0:35your
- 0:35free
- 0:36personal
- 0:36Bible
- 0:37Study
- 0:37Guide,
- 0:37the
- 0:38ABC1,
- 0:3923
- 0:41Bible
- 0:41Study
- 0:42Method.
- 0:42Please
- 0:43join
- 0:43me
- 0:43in
- 0:43my
- 0:44mission
- 0:44of
- 0:44getting
- 0:44the
- 0:44audible
- 0:45word
- 0:45of
- 0:45God
- 0:46into
- 0:46two
- 0:46millionaires
- 0:47a
- 0:47million
- 0:48people
- 0:48by
- 0:492028.
- 0:49You
- 0:50can
- 0:50help
- 0:50by
- 0:50saving
- 0:51and
- 0:51subscribing
- 0:52to
- 0:52the
- 0:52podcast
- 0:53and
- 0:53tagging
- 0:53your
- 0:54friends.
- 0:54Here's
- 0:55today's
- 0:55reading
- 0:56and
- 0:56Today's
- 0:57reading
- 0:57is.
- 0:58From
- 0:58Acts
- 0:594:1
- 0:5912
- 1:01reading
- 1:01from
- 1:01the
- 1:02Message
- 1:02Nothing
- 1:03to
- 1:03Hide
- 1:04While
- 1:04Peter
- 1:04and.
- 1:05John
- 1:05were
- 1:05addressing
- 1:05the
- 1:06people,
- 1:06the
- 1:06priests.
- 1:07The
- 1:07chief
- 1:07of
- 1:08the
- 1:08temple
- 1:08police
- 1:08and
- 1:09some
- 1:09Sadducees
- 1:10came
- 1:10up
- 1:11indignant
- 1:12that
- 1:12these
- 1:12upstart
- 1:13apostles
- 1:13were
- 1:13instructing
- 1:14the
- 1:14people
- 1:15and
- 1:15proclaiming
- 1:16that
- 1:16the
- 1:16resurrection
- 1:17from
- 1:17the
- 1:17dead
- 1:17had
- 1:17taken
- 1:18place
- 1:18in
- 1:18Jesus.
- 1:20They
- 1:20arrested
- 1:20them
- 1:20and
- 1:21threw
- 1:21them
- 1:21in.
- 1:21Jail
- 1:21until
- 1:22morning,
- 1:23for
- 1:23by
- 1:23now
- 1:23it
- 1:23was
- 1:24late
- 1:24in
- 1:24the
- 1:24evening.
- 1:24But
- 1:25many
- 1:25of
- 1:25those
- 1:25who
- 1:25had
- 1:26listened
- 1:26had
- 1:26already
- 1:26believed
- 1:27the
- 1:27message
- 1:28in
- 1:28round
- 1:29numbers,
- 1:29about
- 1:305,000.
- 1:31The
- 1:31next
- 1:31day
- 1:32a
- 1:32meeting
- 1:32was
- 1:32called
- 1:32in
- 1:33Jerusalem.
- 1:33The
- 1:33rulers,
- 1:34religious
- 1:35leaders,
- 1:35religion
- 1:36scholars,
- 1:36Annas,
- 1:37the
- 1:37chief
- 1:37priests,
- 1:38Caiaphas,
- 1:39John,
- 1:39Alexander,
- 1:40everybody.
- 1:41Who
- 1:41was
- 1:41anybody
- 1:41was
- 1:42there.
- 1:43They
- 1:43stood
- 1:43Peter
- 1:44and
- 1:44John
- 1:44in
- 1:44the.
- 1:44Middle
- 1:44of
- 1:45the
- 1:45room
- 1:45and
- 1:45grilled
- 1:45them.
- 1:46Who
- 1:46put
- 1:46you
- 1:47in
- 1:47charge
- 1:47here?
- 1:48What
- 1:48business
- 1:48do
- 1:49you
- 1:49have
- 1:49doing
- 1:50this.
- 1:51With
- 1:51that
- 1:52Peter,
- 1:52full
- 1:53of
- 1:53the
- 1:53Holy.
- 1:53Spirit,
- 1:53let
- 1:54loose
- 1:55rulers
- 1:55and
- 1:55leaders
- 1:56of
- 1:56the
- 1:56people.
- 1:56If
- 1:57we
- 1:57have
- 1:57been
- 1:57brought
- 1:57to
- 1:58trial
- 1:58today
- 1:58for
- 1:58helping
- 1:59a
- 1:59sick
- 1:59man
- 2:00put
- 2:00under
- 2:00investigation
- 2:02regarding
- 2:02the
- 2:02healing,
- 2:03I'll
- 2:03be
- 2:03completely
- 2:04frank
- 2:04with
- 2:04you.
- 2:05We
- 2:05have
- 2:06nothing
- 2:06to
- 2:06hide.
- 2:07By
- 2:08the
- 2:08name
- 2:08of
- 2:08Jesus
- 2:09Christ
- 2:09of
- 2:09Nazareth,
- 2:10the
- 2:10one
- 2:10you
- 2:10killed
- 2:10on
- 2:11a
- 2:11cross,
- 2:11the
- 2:11one
- 2:12when
- 2:12God
- 2:12raised
- 2:12from
- 2:12the
- 2:12dead
- 2:13by
- 2:13means
- 2:13of
- 2:14his
- 2:14name.
- 2:14This
- 2:15man
- 2:15stands
- 2:15before
- 2:15you
- 2:16healthy
- 2:16and
- 2:16whole.
- 2:18Jesus
- 2:18is
- 2:18the
- 2:19stone
- 2:19you
- 2:19masons
- 2:20throughout,
- 2:21which
- 2:21is
- 2:21now
- 2:22the
- 2:22cornerstone.
- 2:23Salvation
- 2:24comes
- 2:25no
- 2:25other
- 2:25way.
- 2:26No
- 2:26other
- 2:26name
- 2:26has
- 2:27been
- 2:27or
- 2:27will
- 2:27be
- 2:27given
- 2:28to
- 2:28us
- 2:28by
- 2:29which
- 2:29we
- 2:29can
- 2:29say
- 2:30be
- 2:30saved.
- 2:31Not
- 2:31one.
- 2:33Well,
- 2:33that's
- 2:33the
- 2:33end
- 2:33of
- 2:33the
- 2:34reading,
- 2:34which
- 2:34is
- 2:35all
- 2:35about
- 2:35speaking
- 2:35truth
- 2:36to
- 2:36power.
- 2:37My
- 2:37name
- 2:37is
- 2:37Dr.
- 2:37Brad
- 2:38Miller
- 2:38and
- 2:38I'm
- 2:38glad
- 2:38you
- 2:39joined
- 2:39me
- 2:39today
- 2:39for
- 2:40our
- 2:40progressive
- 2:41take
- 2:41on
- 2:41the
- 2:41lectionary
- 2:42reading.
- 2:43And.
- 2:45You
- 2:45understand
- 2:47that
- 2:48today's
- 2:48passage,
- 2:50sometimes
- 2:50most
- 2:50powerful
- 2:51Moments
- 2:52come
- 2:53when
- 2:53we
- 2:53are
- 2:53willing
- 2:53to
- 2:54be
- 2:54authentically
- 2:55ourselves,
- 2:56even
- 2:56if
- 2:56it
- 2:56makes
- 2:57others
- 2:57uncomfortable.
- 2:58So
- 2:59today
- 2:59we're
- 2:59looking
- 2:59at
- 2:59Acts
- 3:004:1
- 3:0012
- 3:01where
- 3:01Peter
- 3:01and
- 3:01John
- 3:02find
- 3:02themselves
- 3:03in
- 3:03quite
- 3:03a
- 3:03situation.
- 3:05They've
- 3:05just
- 3:05healed
- 3:06someone
- 3:06and
- 3:06instead
- 3:06of
- 3:07celebration,
- 3:08they're
- 3:08facing
- 3:09arrest.
- 3:10Let
- 3:10me
- 3:10tell
- 3:10you,
- 3:11this
- 3:11passage
- 3:11is
- 3:12different
- 3:12when
- 3:12you
- 3:13consider
- 3:13it
- 3:13through
- 3:13a
- 3:13progressive
- 3:14lens.
- 3:15Here's
- 3:16some
- 3:16points
- 3:16to
- 3:16ponder.
- 3:17The
- 3:17first
- 3:18one
- 3:18is
- 3:18about
- 3:18speaking
- 3:19truth.
- 3:19To
- 3:19ponder
- 3:20truth
- 3:20to
- 3:20power.
- 3:22You
- 3:22know,
- 3:22as
- 3:22someone
- 3:22who
- 3:23I
- 3:23host
- 3:24a
- 3:24podcast
- 3:24for
- 3:24cancer
- 3:25stricken
- 3:25people
- 3:26and
- 3:26I
- 3:26learned
- 3:26that
- 3:27speaking
- 3:27the
- 3:27truth
- 3:27about
- 3:28this
- 3:28is
- 3:28what
- 3:28it's
- 3:28really
- 3:29about.
- 3:29Even
- 3:29if
- 3:29it's
- 3:30uncomfortable,
- 3:31it's
- 3:31crucial
- 3:32for
- 3:32healing.
- 3:33And
- 3:34Peter
- 3:34and
- 3:34John
- 3:34weren't
- 3:35just
- 3:35challenging
- 3:35religious
- 3:36authorities.
- 3:37They
- 3:37were
- 3:37confronting
- 3:37an
- 3:38entire
- 3:38system
- 3:38that
- 3:39prioritized
- 3:40maintaining
- 3:40order
- 3:41over
- 3:41human
- 3:41well
- 3:42being.
- 3:43This
- 3:43reminds
- 3:43me
- 3:44of
- 3:44modern
- 3:44movements
- 3:45for
- 3:45social
- 3:45justice,
- 3:46health
- 3:47care,
- 3:47access
- 3:47and
- 3:48human
- 3:48rights.
- 3:50Here's
- 3:50another
- 3:50point
- 3:51to
- 3:51ponder.
- 3:51That's
- 3:51the
- 3:52courage
- 3:52of
- 3:53authenticity.
- 3:54Peter
- 3:55declares
- 3:55that
- 3:55they
- 3:56have
- 3:56nothing
- 3:56to
- 3:56hide.
- 3:57I've
- 3:57been
- 3:58married
- 3:58for
- 3:58coming
- 3:58up
- 3:58on
- 3:5834
- 3:59years
- 3:59and
- 3:59I
- 4:00learned
- 4:00that
- 4:00authenticity
- 4:01is
- 4:01is
- 4:01non
- 4:02negotiable.
- 4:03Like
- 4:03when
- 4:03my
- 4:03wife
- 4:03and
- 4:04I
- 4:04are
- 4:04hiking
- 4:04in
- 4:04a
- 4:04wooded
- 4:05park
- 4:05nearby.
- 4:06We
- 4:07need
- 4:07to
- 4:07know,
- 4:08we
- 4:08need
- 4:08to
- 4:08be
- 4:09understood
- 4:10and
- 4:10be
- 4:11honest
- 4:11in
- 4:11our
- 4:11assessment
- 4:12of
- 4:12one
- 4:12another.
- 4:13The
- 4:13disciples
- 4:14weren't
- 4:14trying
- 4:14to
- 4:14start
- 4:14a
- 4:14revolution.
- 4:15They
- 4:15were
- 4:15being
- 4:16truthful
- 4:17about
- 4:17their
- 4:17experience
- 4:18with
- 4:18Jesus.
- 4:20The
- 4:21third
- 4:21point
- 4:21to
- 4:21ponder
- 4:21is
- 4:22about
- 4:22redefining
- 4:22salvation.
- 4:24It
- 4:24gets
- 4:25kind
- 4:25of
- 4:25interesting
- 4:25here
- 4:25and
- 4:26from
- 4:26a
- 4:26progressive
- 4:27perspective.
- 4:28Peter
- 4:28talks
- 4:28about
- 4:28salvation
- 4:29through
- 4:29Jesus.
- 4:30He's
- 4:31not
- 4:31pushing
- 4:31an
- 4:31exclusive
- 4:32theological
- 4:33agenda.
- 4:34He's
- 4:34pointing
- 4:35the
- 4:35way
- 4:35of
- 4:35living
- 4:35that
- 4:36challenges
- 4:36systems
- 4:37of
- 4:37oppression
- 4:38and
- 4:38promotes
- 4:39healing
- 4:39and
- 4:39wholeness.
- 4:40The
- 4:40healing
- 4:41they
- 4:41performed
- 4:42wasn't
- 4:42just
- 4:42spiritual.
- 4:44It
- 4:44was
- 4:44physical,
- 4:45social
- 4:46and
- 4:46communal.
- 4:47Here's
- 4:48your
- 4:48action
- 4:48step.
- 4:49I
- 4:49challenge
- 4:50you
- 4:50to
- 4:50identify
- 4:50a
- 4:50system
- 4:51or
- 4:51structure
- 4:51in
- 4:51your
- 4:52life
- 4:52where
- 4:52healing
- 4:52is
- 4:53needed.
- 4:54Maybe
- 4:54in
- 4:54your
- 4:55workplace
- 4:55or
- 4:55your
- 4:55community
- 4:56or
- 4:56even
- 4:56your
- 4:56own
- 4:56church.
- 4:57Maybe
- 4:57in
- 4:57your
- 4:57own
- 4:58family,
- 4:58your
- 4:58own
- 4:58thinking.
- 4:59Take
- 5:00one
- 5:00concrete
- 5:01step
- 5:01towards
- 5:01addressing
- 5:02it,
- 5:02even
- 5:02if
- 5:02it
- 5:02makes
- 5:02some
- 5:02people
- 5:03uncomfortable.
- 5:04Remember,
- 5:04like
- 5:05Peter
- 5:05and
- 5:05John,
- 5:05your
- 5:06truth
- 5:07might
- 5:07not
- 5:07be
- 5:07popular,
- 5:08but
- 5:08it
- 5:08might
- 5:09be
- 5:09exactly
- 5:09what's
- 5:10needed
- 5:10for
- 5:10healing.
- 5:12We're
- 5:12going
- 5:12to
- 5:12pray
- 5:13here
- 5:13in
- 5:13just
- 5:13a
- 5:13moment.
- 5:13Just
- 5:13a
- 5:13reminder
- 5:14that
- 5:14we
- 5:14have
- 5:14a
- 5:14Bible
- 5:15study
- 5:15resource
- 5:15for
- 5:16you
- 5:16called
- 5:16the
- 5:16ABC
- 5:171,
- 5:172,
- 5:173
- 5:18Bible
- 5:18Study
- 5:18Method.
- 5:19You
- 5:19pick
- 5:19it
- 5:19up
- 5:20at
- 5:20our
- 5:20website,
- 5:20voiceofgoddaily.com
- 5:23let's
- 5:23pray.
- 5:24Oh
- 5:25God,
- 5:25you
- 5:25are
- 5:25divine
- 5:26love
- 5:26and
- 5:27we
- 5:27come
- 5:28to
- 5:28you
- 5:28as
- 5:28we
- 5:28are
- 5:29sometimes
- 5:30afraid,
- 5:30sometimes
- 5:31bold,
- 5:31but
- 5:31always
- 5:32seeking
- 5:32truth.
- 5:33Help
- 5:33us
- 5:33find
- 5:33the
- 5:34courage
- 5:34to
- 5:34speak
- 5:34our
- 5:34truth,
- 5:35even
- 5:35when
- 5:35our
- 5:35voice
- 5:36shakes.
- 5:37Like
- 5:37Peter
- 5:38and
- 5:38John,
- 5:38may
- 5:39we
- 5:39be
- 5:39agents
- 5:40of
- 5:40healing
- 5:40in
- 5:40a
- 5:40wounded
- 5:41world.
- 5:42Guide
- 5:42us
- 5:42to
- 5:42stand
- 5:42firm
- 5:43in
- 5:43our
- 5:43convictions
- 5:43while
- 5:43remaining
- 5:44open
- 5:44to
- 5:44growth
- 5:45and
- 5:45understanding.
- 5:46When
- 5:46we
- 5:46face
- 5:47opposition,
- 5:47remind
- 5:48us
- 5:48that
- 5:48transformation
- 5:49often
- 5:49begins
- 5:50with
- 5:50holy
- 5:50disruption.
- 5:51Grant
- 5:52us
- 5:52wisdom
- 5:52to
- 5:52recognize
- 5:53where
- 5:53healing
- 5:53is
- 5:54needed
- 5:54and
- 5:55courage
- 5:55to
- 5:56be
- 5:56part
- 5:56of
- 5:56that
- 5:56healing.
- 5:57Amen.
- 6:01My
- 6:01friend,
- 6:01I
- 6:02am
- 6:02delighted
- 6:03you
- 6:03chose
- 6:03to
- 6:04join
- 6:04me
- 6:04for
- 6:04today's
- 6:05reading.
- 6:06The
- 6:06Daily
- 6:06Bible
- 6:07Refresh
- 6:08is
- 6:08completely
- 6:09listener
- 6:10supported
- 6:11you.
- 6:11Your
- 6:12gift
- 6:12goes
- 6:12a
- 6:13long
- 6:13way
- 6:13to
- 6:13getting
- 6:13the
- 6:14audible
- 6:14word
- 6:14of
- 6:15God
- 6:15from
- 6:16a
- 6:16progressive
- 6:16perspective
- 6:17into
- 6:182
- 6:18million
- 6:18years,
- 6:19a
- 6:19million
- 6:19people
- 6:20by
- 6:202028.
- 6:22I
- 6:22would
- 6:22be
- 6:22so
- 6:23grateful
- 6:23if
- 6:23you
- 6:23would
- 6:24go
- 6:24to
- 6:24voiceofgodddaily.com
- 6:26and
- 6:27share
- 6:27your
- 6:27gift
- 6:28of
- 6:28any
- 6:28amount.
- 6:29Thanks
- 6:30much.
- 6:31My
- 6:31name
- 6:31is
- 6:31Dr.
- 6:32Brad
- 6:32Miller
- 6:32and
- 6:32I'll
- 6:33be
- 6:33right
- 6:33here
- 6:33tomorrow
- 6:33with
- 6:34your
- 6:34Daily
- 6:35Bible
- 6:36Refresh.
- 6:37Please
- 6:37subscribe
- 6:38and
- 6:38tag
- 6:39your
- 6:39friends
- 6:40until
- 6:40tomorrow.
- 6:41Remember,
- 6:41God's
- 6:42loyal
- 6:42love
- 6:42doesn't
- 6:43run
- 6:43out.
- 6:44His
- 6:44merciful
- 6:45love
- 6:45hasn't
- 6:46dried
- 6:46up,
- 6:46it's
- 6:47created
- 6:48new
- 6:49every
- 6:49morning.