Who is the authority in your life? - Acts 4:5-22 Sermon | Prescott Anglican Church

Is God the authority of your life?

Text: Acts 4:5-22

There's a level of indignation as the Sanhedrin asks Peter and John by what power they healed the lame man. This stems from a desire to protect what they believed was the truth, yet they had missed all the signs that Christ was God, taught with God's authority, and had, by the power of the Holy Spirit, given to the apostles and his church.

The whole passage is about the interplay between temporal authority and the authority of God. The apostles respond, but not by their own power or even own boldness, but because they are empowered by the Holy Spirit. They then point beyond themselves to Christ, who alone has the authority to save souls. It forces the question: whose authority will you listen to?