Acts 4:1-37

Acts 4

Before the Council

From this section of Apostolic history we may draw the following practical inferences:

I. We may learn that if we are Christ's disciples we may expect to encounter antagonism.

II. That if we are really Christ's disciples, there will be something about us that will remind the world of Him. The inner springs of character may be hidden, but the life will make evident of what sort they are.

III. That if we are really Christ's disciples, the one rule of our lives will be to hearken unto God. The Christian's conscience takes its law from God, and no matter what will come, he will act upon its dictates.

IV. That if we are really Christ's disciples, our chosen fellowship will be with those who are already His.

V. That if we are really Christ's, we shall betake ourselves in every time of trial to the throne of grace.

W. M. Taylor, Peter the Apostle,p. 201.

References: Acts 5:1. C. J. Vaughan, Church of the First Days,vol. i., p. 184; Acts 5:1; Acts 5:2. J. Armstrong, Parochial Sermons,p. 183; Parker, City Temple,vol. iii., p. 397; Homiletic Quarterly,vol. vii., p. 262.