What's In A Name?

By Pastor Don Jackson, May 11, 2025
Sunday, May 11, 2025

BIG IDEA: What’s In A Name?

Acts 4:1-22

Acts 4:1-4 – Arrested In The Temple

  • Peter and John
  • Priests
  • Captain of the temple guard
  • Sadducees
  • Crowd
  • Peter and John proclaiming the of the dead through Jesus
  • Sadducees did believe in resurrection
  • Peter and John put in due to the late hour
  • Number of men who believed grew to about 5,000 (not including women and children) Acts 4:5-22 – The Trial of Peter & John
  • Vs 5-7 – The
    • – rulers, elders, teachers of the law, current and former High Priests.
    • – “By what power or what name did you do this?”
  • Vs 8-12 – The (PART 1)
    • Guided by the (Mark 13:9-11)
    • – “By the name of Jesus Christ”
      • “Whom you crucified”
      • “But God raised from the dead”
      • “Jesus is the stone you rejected”
      • “Jesus is the
      • “There is other name”
  • Vs 13-17 – The
    • – Peter & John ordinary, unschooled
    • – Influence of being with Jesus
    • – The testimony of a changed man
    • – Stop speaking about Jesus
  • Vs 18-22 – The (Part 2)
    • – Listen to God…not man
    • – We will speak about Jesus!
    • – Walked out to preach again!

What Do You SEE?

  1. A Witness (Acts 1:8)
  2. A Name (Acts 4:12)
  3. A Fact (Acts 4:13)
  4. A Compulsion (Acts 4:20)
  5. A Protection (Is. 54:17; Ps. 46:1)