Tell with me, if you would, this morning to the book of Acts, Acts chapter four.

We've been on this series for some weeks now. I believe we're nearing the conclusion of this part of it.

A series we're calling Great Grace. Great Grace. In the beginning days of the church, we saw after Jesus had been raised

from the dead, they saw him ascend right up into the clouds out of their sight, and the angels

said, just like you saw him leave, he's coming back that same way.

Do you believe he's coming back?

We saw the Spirit of God fall on them in the upper room.

They were all gloriously filled and came down out of the upper room speaking in tongues and glorifying God and Peter preached like a house of fire and thousands got saved.

And then in Acts 3, they're walking by the gate called beautiful at the temple.

And the man laying from his mother's womb never had walked.

The Bible said they spoke to him and said, in the name of Jesus, get up and walk.

And he leapt and walked.

You know, what a miracle.

Not only he'd never taken a step, you know, wasn't able to, but he didn't know how to walk

because he'd never taken a step.

He instantly is healed and running and jumping and leaping.

It shook the whole city.

And the leaders were angry.

And they threatened the apostles and commanded them,

don't preach or teach anymore in this name, and beat them.

But they went back to their own company and lifted up their voice and said,

Lord, give us more boldness to preach this better than we ever, they're not quitting,

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