Release of the Captives
. . . during the night an angle of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. “Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.” Acts 5:19-20
“We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in his name . . .” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men,” Acts 5:28-29.
They went out rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name. Acts 5:41.
God made us for __________ - to speak freely of the truth we have and know in Him.
Jesus: The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free. Luke 4:18.
See Isaiah 61:1
So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. Acts 12:4
A time of crisis for the church became a time of ________.