Acts 4:19-20 “19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; 20 for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.’”
Don’t you just love the boldness of Peter and John in the face of threats and accusations? They were arrested, questioned and warned to stop preaching about Jesus. But they just said, “Sorry, we can’t do that.”
SHRINKING AWAY
How many times have we (and I am including myself) hesitated standing up for Jesus? Most of the time we don’t face an inquisition. We are just confronted by someone who doesn’t believe or someone who believes differently. We are not faced with the threat of death very often, are we?
TEACHING MOMENT
So how can we teach our children to be bold witnesses for Christ if we aren’t being bold ourselves? Well, we can’t. They have to see us being unashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They need to see us taking a righteous stand for Jesus.
Now, I don’t mean being rude or arrogant. That never wins anyone to Christ. We can be bold without being brash. We can stand out without being the one they notice. Everything we do needs to be pointing others to Christ. Even when we are disagreeing with someone over the Gospel, we need to do it in such a way that we are drawing them to salvation, not pushing them away by being a “holy roller.”
A Moment In Time 