October 15, 2015:  SOAP #2142:

Scripture:  Acts (NIV) 4:14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say… 16 “What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it.

Observation:  They had crucified Jesus.  But this well-known lame man had just been healed in Jesus Name!  How could they argue with the obvious?  It was causing a stir among the people.  They could see the man who had been laying at the temple gate day after day for so many years.  Yet he was now healed.  Everyone in Jerusalem knew what had happened.  The religious leaders could not deny the facts.  Truth is reality!  They did not want to acknowledge the truth but the reality of what had happened was now standing before them.

Application:   Facts are hard to deal with especially when they go against our preconceived ideas.  Once people in general accepted that the unborn baby was just a mass of tissues that could be aborted without a second thought.  But now the truth/reality can be easily seen on videos of the developing human child in the womb.  Abortion is the murder of a human.  Planned Parenthood says that they will stop charging for the parts of the aborted babies, but donate them free of charge.  In so doing they are still acknowledging the value of human parts of humans.

Prayer:   Lord, when I am confronted with reality of Your Word, help me to accept it, embrace it, and let it align my thinking with truth.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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