in The Gospel Messenger(Apr. 1883)
THE CHURCH WAS PRAYING for Peter, so that this trouble
brought the spirit of supplication to the church on his behalf.
They may have been growing overconfident in the Lord and
becoming self reliant and presumptuous; we don’t know; God
knew. They prayed without ceasing for Peter. The church realized
her impotency also as well as Peter, and felt as helpless to
deliver him as he felt to deliver himself. If we could feel so now
it might be good for us; God knows; and when it is for our
good it will come. |
