{"id":1702,"date":"2022-04-10T13:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2022-04-10T13:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:23:34","slug":"are-you-bold-to-speak-of-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/are-you-bold-to-speak-of-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you Bold to Speak of Salvation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cNeither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.<\/strong>\u201d
Acts 4:12 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the very early days of the church, there\nwas a boldness of sharing the Gospel message of Jesus Christ (His death,\nburial, and resurrection). Peter was the first to preach to the crowds, calling\nthe people to a time of repentance and belief in Jesus. When he preached, many\npeople gave their hearts and lives to Jesus. Because it was the early\nestablishment of the church, the Apostles were able to heal and do many great\nthings. One of the first was when Peter and John went to the Temple\nand healed a lame man in the name of Jesus. Not only was he healed, but this\nman also praised God for this healing. When the people heard what happened to\nthe lame man, they came and heard a message from Peter where he said, \u201cRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that\nyour sins may be blotted out \u2026<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 3:19a). Repent<\/strong> means \u201cto\nthink differently; to feel compunction (a feeling of guilt that follows doing\nsomething wrong)<\/em>.\u201d There had to be a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, read the religious leaders\u2019 reaction\nto this preaching of Jesus. \u201c2. Being grieved that they taught the people \u2026\n3. <\/strong>And they laid hands on\nthem, and put them<\/em> in hold unto the next day\u2026<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 4:2-3). Because\nthe religious leaders did not like what Peter and John preached, Peter and John\nwere arrested. Nevertheless, recognize that many other people believed the\nGospel message. \u201cHowbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the\nnumber of the men was about five thousand<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 4:4).    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the religious leaders challenged Peter\nand John, asking why they taught Jesus, read what Peter said. \u201c10. Be it\nknown unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus\nChrist of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even<\/em>\nby him doth this man stand here before you whole \u2026 12. Neither is there\nsalvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among\nmen, whereby we must be saved<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 4:10,\n12). (Remember that \u201cthis man stand here before you whole<\/strong>\u201d was the man who\nwas previously lame that had been sitting at the Temple\ngate.) When Peter and John spoke this boldly for Jesus, claiming there was no other\nname by which anyone could be saved, see what the religious leaders who did not\nbelieve in Jesus recognized. \u201cNow when they saw the boldness of Peter and\nJohn, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled;\nand they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 4:13). The religious leaders were amazed that\nthese men (remember they were fishermen) could speak like this. They recognized\nthat these men had been with Jesus. Moreover, because of the lame man that had\nbeen healed, they could not deny the truths these men taught \u2013 but they did not\nwant the name of Jesus spread. Therefore, they commanded Peter and John not to\nspeak of Jesus any more. Their response? \u201cFor we cannot but speak the things\nwhich we have seen and heard<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 4:20).\nThey were going to continue to preach Jesus and His resurrection.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being released from prison (see Acts 4:23), they returned to the other Believers,\npraying and rejoicing, thanking God for what He had done. \u201c\u2026 And they spake the\nword of God with boldness<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 4:31b). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take notice that these men were bold as they\ntaught the people of salvation that is only given by Jesus. They remembered\nwhat Jesus had taught them. \u201cJesus\nsaith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the\nlife: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me<\/strong>\u201d (John 14:6).\nAfter Jesus died, was buried, rose from the dead, and then ascended back into\nheaven, they began to understand. They had witnessed these important events and\ntaught the people because Jesus told them to go and \u201c\u2026 <\/strong>be witnesses unto me both in <\/strong>Jerusalem<\/strong>, and in all <\/strong>Judaea<\/strong>, and in <\/strong>Samaria<\/strong>, and unto the uttermost part\nof the earth<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 1:8b). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does anyone share the Gospel message of\nJesus\u2019 salvation in our world today? If the message of repentance is shared,\ndoes anyone respond? What is a Christian to do in this world today? The Bible\nmessage has not changed. The only way to have life is to believe in Jesus for\nsalvation. \u201cFor God sent not his Son into the\nworld to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved<\/strong>\u201d\n(John 3:17). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we not see many people saved? \u201c18. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.<\/strong>\u201d (John 3:18-19). They do not believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you repented and then believed in Jesus for salvation? Have you told anyone about Jesus?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to be Saved<\/a><\/blockquote>