The David Spoon Experience 10-2-24 part 2

1) It’s Wednesday, and it’s time for the classics. And by classics, I mean things I like to teach. We’re going to talk about the portrait of a walk, but let me explain what that means. I want to look at Christianity from a very unique text in the Book of Acts. While it’s true we’re closing in on finishing the Book of Acts, it doesn’t preclude us from looking at various portions and applying them to us specifically.
2) We’re going to examine when Peter was in prison. This comes from Acts chapter 12, and we’ll be looking at verses seven through ten. When I was younger and reviewing this text, the Lord made it clear that Peter’s experience was very similar to the experiences we have as Christians from beginning to end. What emerges more than anything else are the various stages of our faith.
3) If you keep in mind as we examine this text, Peter is facing certain death. James, of Peter, James, and John, had recently been put to death, and that pleased both the Jewish leadership and the Roman authorities. So the next logical step was going to be Peter. He was up for death, and there was nothing that was going to change that. Except when God shows up—anything can happen.
4) The key to understanding and applying this will lie in seeing where you are in the various stages of this discussion. What you’re going to find is that you might be in multiple stages at different points and in different places, and none of that is bizarre or weird. If you’re stuck in a particular area as we review this, that should be your prayer point to the Lord to help you grow up in it and continue moving to the next area. All of this is to enhance our walk with God. If we’ve got some other agenda, this is not going to help us. Kapish?