The Essence of the Gospel

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Forbidden by the priests to preach in Jesus' name, Peter declared, "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29). Today, Derek Thomas reflects on the essential message of the gospel and the necessity for us proclaim it boldly.

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Meet Today's Teacher:

Derek Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series The Life of Peter and author of many books, including Heaven on Earth, Strength for the Weary, and Let Us Worship God.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

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0:00.0	When civil government or religious establishment is saying you cannot preach in the name of Jesus,
0:08.0	what are you to do? Peter and the Apostles answered, we must obey God rather than men and and so what does he do?
0:16.0	What does Peter do? What does John do? They preach the gospel. This week we've seen the faith of Peter Weaken. We've seen him speak before he really
0:30.0	thought about what he was saying and it's been an encouragement as we can all
0:34.0	relate to Peter in our own lives but today we fast forward in the life of Peter
0:39.2	seeing a change a boldness which is also an encouragement for each of us in our day to stand firm.
0:46.0	Hi I'm Nathan W Bingham and this is the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
0:51.0	From his low points to his high points. of renewing your mind.
0:52.5	From his low points to his high points, the life of Peter is so instructive for us.
0:58.2	It's a life that is filled with practical insights and theological richness.
1:03.0	So I encourage you today on the final day of this offer
1:06.4	to request Derek Thomas's complete 19 message series on Peter
1:10.8	when you give a donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org.
1:15.0	Well here's Dr. Thomas on the bold preaching of Peter and the gospel that was on his lips. We're in Acts chapter 5 now.
1:26.0	We'll be looking at the second half of chapter 5 from verse 17 through to verse 42. I will find Peter and John arrested and imprisoned a second time in
1:38.8	this chapter. Back in chapter 4 in our previous lesson they had been released from their overnight imprisonment
1:46.8	following the healing of the 40-plus-year-old cripple in the temple and they were ordered not to speak anymore in the name of Jesus and
1:59.7	Peter of course had had clearly said that that was not possible.
2:05.0	Their response in verse 20,
2:07.0	we cannot speak but what we have seen and heard.
2:10.0	And they've been threatened and so on.
2:13.0	Some time has passed, maybe a few weeks have passed,
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