SCRIPTURE: Acts 12:1 NIV It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.
2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
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8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him.
9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
OBSERVATION: First we find James, the brother of John arrested and put to death for being a part of the church. Then we find that Peter was also arrested. But an angel visits Peter in his cell; the chains fell off and the angel led Peter past sleeping guards and through gates that opened for them to walk through.
It is interesting to me that the angel did not go with Peter to Mary’s home where a prayer meeting was taking place. There Peter had to knock until someone unlocked the door.
APPLICATION: So, why was Peter’s life spared and not James? I have some thoughts as to why Peter was spared, but I really do not know why James was not spared. I just do not know, but I know the One who does and I trust Him. Sometimes I find thing in my life that I do not understand but I know I can trust Him!
PRAYER: Lord, Like the song writer, “I don’t know about tomorrow,… but I know who holds my hand.” Amen.
Pastor Leon
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