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Pericope: Acts 12: 6-17 - 6 The night before Herod was to bring

him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with

two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly

an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He

struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he

said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.”

And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,”

the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he

had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening;

he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and

second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It

opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they

had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a

doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from

Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were

hoping would happen.”

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary

the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had

gathered and were praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer

entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the

door. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so

overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter

is at the door!”

15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting

that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and

saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his

hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had

brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and

sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.

Sermon Text: Acts 12: 12, 15, 16 - 12 When this had dawned on

him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called

Mark, where many people had gathered and were

praying. 15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept

insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and

saw him, they were astonished. 

Sermon Title: Safe House

Move 1: Prison – vs. 4 After arresting him, he put him in

prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of

four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public

trial after the Passover.

Move 2: Safe Place – vs. 12-13 - 12 When this had dawned on

him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also

called Mark, where many people had gathered and were

praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant

named Rhoda came to answer the door. 

Move 3: Persistence Compliance Perseverance vs. 17-19 -

17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described

how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the

other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for

another place.

18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the

soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a

thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-

examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.

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