The Name of Jesus Christ

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other
name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

This statement is either true or false. Peter said it to the
high priests Annas and Caiaphas after he and John had spent the night in jail,
after seeing the church grow by two thousand, and after they had healed the
cripple in the name of Jesus. He said it in answer to the question, “By what
power or what name did you do this?”

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them:

“Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to
account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he
was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the
dead, that this man stands before you healed” (Acts 4:8-10).

“Then they called them in again and commanded them not to
speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, ‘Judge
for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God.
For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard’” (Acts 4:18-20).

Isn’t this a great dialogue? The statement Peter made was true.
He was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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