Acts 4-6

I am really as dense as these guys?  The report of the Jewish jailers to their rulers is reported in Acts 5:23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors.  But when we opened them, we found no one inside.”  What was the response of all the Jewish leaders?  “They were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.” (Act 5:24)  For people who claim a history full of wonders by the hand of God how could they be puzzled?  The only answer I can surmise is that their theology would not let them acknowledge miracles.  And because of this spiritual blindness they were unable to see the hand of God working in their midst.  We face that danger as well when we try to limit what God can do to what we understand or expect. 

Stuart