Getting in Hot Water without Getting Wet

Discussion Questions (Week commencing Sunday 1st November 2020) Text: Acts 5:17-42 V.17 says that the Sadducees were filled with jealousy toward the apostles. Why do you think that was the case? What experiences have you had of being told to not speak about your faith? Peter’s response to the Sanhedrin (v.29) is forthright and defiant. What might be occasions in our day and aged where such forthrightness might be called for? What does (or might in the future) religious persecution look like in a country like ours? What does a verse like John 14:21 say to you? Gamaliel was a surprising supporter of the apostles before the Sanhedrin. What do you think was his motivation? What does this passage of Scripture challenge you to do differently this week?