Acts 4:12 (NRSV) There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.
Here goes Peter…again. He and John have just spent the night in jail for teaching that “in Jesus there is the resurrection of the dead” to the Sadducees (who didn’t believe in resurrection of any sort, much less through Jesus). Peter stands up in front of the high priest and assembled rulers, elders, and scribes and proclaims that Jesus is the way to salvation—and the only way. I imagine the Sadducees were upset, cringing and angry at hearing such a proclamation—such blasphemy—from this rough and uneducated fisherman.
But Peter is not about to let the audience dictate his message. Not anymore. His soul was crushed the night he denied his Lord, the very night Jesus was arrested. Now, being filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter fearlessly makes bold proclamations. Peter, who makes mistakes—lots of them—but bounces back stronger because of them, inspires me. I pray that I might be so bold a witness with my life—concerned less about doing things right and more about doing the right thing.
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