A Mind Blowing Experience!

However, when God is taking you through a MIND BLOWING EXPERIENCE, things are going to happen and no one is going to be able to explain how it all happened. Even Peter himself thought that he was imagining things…When the angel had aroused Peter, he ordered him to move quickly and prepare to leave. Can you imagine what he must have been thinking, even though he believed that God was going to make a way for him, he could have easily just said well, Lord, I’m going to accept my fate. Not that he was giving up on God, but his thought could have been that it was in God’s will for his journey to be over…But what he didn’t realize is that God was fixing to Blow His Mind!

See this thing with me if you will…he’s fast asleep, and bound, all of a sudden, an angel appears and the chains fell from his hands, and you’re being ordered to put your clothes on and to tie his sandal. The way that Peter is told lets you know how groggy he was when he was awakened, notice how the Angel literally told him what to do step by step, as you would tell a child when they have been awakened from a deep sleep. This by all means lets me know that Peter was definitely going through a MIND BLOWING EXPERIENCE.

Just like some of us today, you know how it is when we’ve labored and prayed for so long over a situation, then when God moves, and things starts all of a sudden happening, it makes you wonder if you’re dreaming or is it real! God says Get Ready, get ready, get ready!!!!

Whew, notice how God is moving all through this story now, as they are leaving, remember that there are guards all around, King Herod had made sure Peter had heavy security, because the plan was to execute him the next day. They pass by two guards –I wish I could show it to ya, possibly each one is standing at an entryway, or maybe the two are patrolling one corridor –you know how they do, they still do it today…then they came to the final barrier, an iron gate leading to the city.

Then look out! Here comes yet another MIND BLOWING EXPERIENCE!!!!

Whew, let me show you this thing, because this is something that you have probably never imagined before or even thought to notice from the word! The Bible says here in verse 10 that the iron gate opened up by itself!!!!

Do you hear me tonight! And you thought automatic doors just happened in the 20th century! This wheel had been invented a long, long time ago! This is how God Blows Your Mind!!

Then, verse 11 says that after the angel had left, Peter came to himself, in other words, he came to a realization of what just went on for him! He starts to retrace all of the events that had just happened. He began to say, wait a minute here, I’m remembering this thing now, it’s all coming back to me….let’s see…I remember falling asleep in the Jail.

I remember seeing a bright light, and someone---no, an angel told me to get dressed! I remember the chains being loosed from my hands…and we were walking out of the Jail…we passed by several guards…and we walked right out of the jail….let’s see, the gate, oh yes, the gate opened, we didn’t touch it, we didn’t say open sesame, it just opened…AND NOW HERE AM I!!!