THE NIGHT OF DARKNESS (7 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Acts 12:1-19
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The Night Of Darkness (7 of 7)
Series: When The Rock Moved
Jeff Strite
Acts 12:1-19
(This is a first person presentation. I began the sermon kneeling on stage - dressed as Peter - my wrists are in chains - plastic chains wrapped twice around the wrists with the end held in the palm of each hand. The stage is dark and the lights are brought up to half power on this section of the stage. My first words are mournful, reflecting the despair that Peter may have felt at the moment)
James - the brother of John - is dead.
The church is in danger.
And I am in chains... bound between two Roman soldiers.
They rotate them every 6 hours and two more guard the door.
(Wry smile) You would think they didn't want me to leave!
But, they have good reason to be concerned. Several years ago, I was in another jail... much like this one. An angel came and opened the door, and I simply walked out and went to the Temple courts to preach more about Jesus.
But, that time, I wasn't scheduled to be executed the next day. That time, I wasn't chained between Roman soldiers. Roman soldiers would rather die than allow a prisoner to escape.
In fact, it's well known, that if they ever allowed a prisoner to do so they would pay with their own lives. And so, they would just as soon kill me as to allow me to leave. King Herod is taking no chances that I will escape from his prison.
Perhaps you don't know Herod. He is the grandson of Herod the Great. ''The great...'' now there's a title for you. Herod was anything BUT great. He was such a cruel and wicked man. He was known to have tortured and killed people simply because they displeased him.
YOU would know him because of the slaughter of children that took place in Bethlehem around the time that Jesus was born. He had heard that a new king had been born in the City of David... and he had no intention of allowing this child to threaten his throne.
Herod the great was a wicked man. And his grandson - this King Herod - isn ...
Series: When The Rock Moved
Jeff Strite
Acts 12:1-19
(This is a first person presentation. I began the sermon kneeling on stage - dressed as Peter - my wrists are in chains - plastic chains wrapped twice around the wrists with the end held in the palm of each hand. The stage is dark and the lights are brought up to half power on this section of the stage. My first words are mournful, reflecting the despair that Peter may have felt at the moment)
James - the brother of John - is dead.
The church is in danger.
And I am in chains... bound between two Roman soldiers.
They rotate them every 6 hours and two more guard the door.
(Wry smile) You would think they didn't want me to leave!
But, they have good reason to be concerned. Several years ago, I was in another jail... much like this one. An angel came and opened the door, and I simply walked out and went to the Temple courts to preach more about Jesus.
But, that time, I wasn't scheduled to be executed the next day. That time, I wasn't chained between Roman soldiers. Roman soldiers would rather die than allow a prisoner to escape.
In fact, it's well known, that if they ever allowed a prisoner to do so they would pay with their own lives. And so, they would just as soon kill me as to allow me to leave. King Herod is taking no chances that I will escape from his prison.
Perhaps you don't know Herod. He is the grandson of Herod the Great. ''The great...'' now there's a title for you. Herod was anything BUT great. He was such a cruel and wicked man. He was known to have tortured and killed people simply because they displeased him.
YOU would know him because of the slaughter of children that took place in Bethlehem around the time that Jesus was born. He had heard that a new king had been born in the City of David... and he had no intention of allowing this child to threaten his throne.
Herod the great was a wicked man. And his grandson - this King Herod - isn ...
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