Truth Can Never Remain Hidden

Truth Can Never Remain Hidden

Scripture reading: Acts 4:1-22 
Focus verse: Acts 4:18-20 – "Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourself whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” 

A story is told in my community of man who used to be very jealous and did not want to share his food with others. One day after he prepared a nice meal and placed on the table, he saw one of his friends coming into his house and he decided he would hide his food quickly under one of the chairs so that he would eat it after the friend had left. Because he did this in a hurry, he didn’t know that part of the plate carrying the food was not well hidden. When the friend walked in and they had greeted each other, the friend sat down and begun to tell this man of what incident he met with on the way to his home. He stated that, “As I approached near your gate, I met a very big snake whose length was about the distance from this seat to that plate with food under the other chair.” And the friend was very shocked to notice that his friend had spotted the plate he had hidden with food. The truth finally came out! 

Peter and John after they healed a crippled beggar, are brought before the Sanhedrin to explain how it happened and in whose name did the healing of the crippled beggar happened. This is a man who had been at the temple gate always asking for alms but on the day he met with Peter and John, his fate changed and he was healed. This disturbed the Sadducees (teachers of the law), the rules and the high priests. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit boldly told them that the healing was done in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom they had crucified but God raised from the dead. This truth angered them and decided that they would warn Peter and John not to speak again in His name. They knew that this truth could change many other lives so they planned on ways to hold the truth hostage and stop it from being spread. But again, Peter tells them to judge for themselves whether it was right in their sight to obey them or God. He stated that it was too hard for them to know the truth and fail to speak out. 

Truth will always defend itself and will finally reveal itself no matter how hard one can try to hide it. Satan is the father of all lies and has always tried to prevent The Truth from being known, but he has always failed. He may try to bring a challenge in our lives to make others doubt the presence of God and his promises upon those who trust in Him. He may bring threats of diseases to make people not trust in the healing and saving hand of God. He can even use the authorities to try and destroy the truth of what the word of God states. We live in a world where Satan is using the even the media to spread lots lies about God, and about other godly leaders. One thing, lies will never ride over truth! Like Peter and James, we all have the responsibility to stand and speak the Truth of God’s Word and what God is doing. We must not be afraid even when Satan is bringing threats upon us, but should choose to defend the Truth at all coasts. Whatever way Satan uses to hide the Truth, God will finally let the Truth be known and many will come to Him through that. Truth has unstoppable power and nothing will stop it from working.

Pastor Eliazar Wambo
Director of Bethesda Faith Ministries