in the book of Acts chapter number 12 verse 1-14 it would almost appear and we’re pretty organized and we’re pretty structured and we put a great deal of effort and energy and trying to present our best s to you but we don’t always confer between the worship team and and the preaching but it sounds like that we did because what they just got through singing is in alignment with what I’m about to preach acts 12 1-14 this probably more Bible reading than you did this month we’re reading out The Message Bible you can follow along if you want
or you can look at the monitors on the screen that’s when King Herod got it into his head to go after some of the church members but in the world what why is the king going after the church members why are politics going after the people of God he murdered James John’s brother James didn’t even do nothing when he saw how much watch this when he saw how much it raised his popularity ratings with the Jews he arrested Peter said if killing one is good let me kill another one all this during Passover week mind you and had him
thrown in theil jail putting four squads of Four soldiers each to guard him 16 to one he was planning a public lynching after Passover that’s what he’s planning all the time that Peter was under heavy guard in the jail housee the church prayed for him most strenuously that’s why we got to keep our intercessors up then the time came for Herod to bring him out for the kill the time was right to bring him out for the kill this was a strategy it had a timing it had a date it had a sequence it had structures it had order it’s a
plot that night even though Shackled to Two Soldiers one on either side I love this I love this y’all I can stop right here and preach on this all day Peter slept like a baby woo glory to God when’s the last time you slept like a baby and there were guards at the door I almost called it Sleeping with the Enemy cuz if you can sleep and have inner peace when your outer circumstances are totally contradictory to everything that’s Faith at its best sometimes Faith don’t say a word it snores and there were guards at the door
keeping their eyes on the place Herod was taking no chances suddenly there was an angel at his side oh my God suddenly somebody holler suddenly suddenly suddenly there was an angel at his at his side and light flooding the room the angel shook Peter and got him up Harry the handcuffs fell off his wrist that’s not how that works the handcuffs fell off his rib glory to God something’s getting ready to fall off of you [Applause] some that they thought they had locked tight it’s getting ready to fall off you the angel said get dressed put on
