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Sons Of Thunder Series
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 15, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: Who gave James and John the "label" "Sons of Thunder"... and what can that mean to us as Christians?
Bear in mind James and John probably didn’t think much themselves either. When Jesus called them to follow Him, they’d been just common ordinary fishermen. They weren’t that impressive to anyone - except Jesus. In fact, in Acts 4, we read about how Peter and John stood before the Sanhedrin. And the Jewish leaders were not happy to hear them preaching about Jesus but then we read this: “When (the Jewish leaders) saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished.”
Peter and John were just uneducated, common men. But the Sanhedrin was astonished by their boldness. They were astonished because even the Sanhedrin “recognized that they had been with Jesus.” Acts 4:13
It’s when you and I spend our time with Jesus that we become more than we ever could have before. It’s then that we can live up to the faith Jesus has in us.
