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Acts 4:1-3 – Go to the Source
Upon finishing a Bible story, one of my children asked a good question. In Acts 3, Peter and John, by the power of Deity, heal a beggar, who had been lame for forty years. No doubt, an awesome sight to behold.
Just as Peter and John through Jesus Christ had raised (3:7) the lame man, God had raised (3:15) Him who had raised the lame.
Connecting this healing power to Jesus’ resurrection (3:15; 4:2) angered some embittered rivals of Jesus – the Sadducees – who were “sad, you see,” “for the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit” (Acts 23:8).
How could the lame man be raised by Jesus if Jesus had not been raised by God?
These doctrinally wrong, but politically correct Jewish leaders arrested Jesus’ apostles.
“Why?” my curious child asked. After relating the history of these sad people, this little by wise child made the astute observation – “Why didn’t they just go to the tomb?”
Good question. Let me rephrase that. Great question! Any doubting the resurrection could have simply gone to the empty tomb. The tomb represented the truth. Why didn’t they just go to the source of truth?
A simple question deserves a simple answer. Because they didn’t want to! Even if they had gone, if they wished to disbelieve, then disbelieve they would. Open eyes never see if the heart is closed and blind.
Life hasn’t changed much, has it?
Today, anyone can go to our source of truth – the Bible. We as believers in this source book, must continually “go the source” to continue learning more truth. The reason there is so much disagreement religiously is because there is a lack of “going to the source.”
Today’s Bible is yesterday’s tomb.
How often have people believed error, when all they needed to do is go to the source, the Bible?
And if they do go, why do people not believe what they read? Let’s make that a little more personal. And if we do go, why do we not always believe what we read? Do I really need to tell you?
If we refuse to “go the source” we will become “sad you see,” for we will not have that which comes from God. Truth. If we refuse to believe when we “go to the source,” then we are no different.
Remember, no miracle is more awesome than God’s word – each exists by the same power of God. Go to the source!
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