Acts 3

September 23, 2022

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Acts 3 (NIV)

Peter Heals a Lame Beggar
1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. 2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!”............Continue Reading

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  1. Imagine to ask for some money and to be given the ability to walk! The amazing power of God to give us more then we could ever imagine. Sometimes we put God in a box of what we think He is capable of and limit His power in our lives. We beg for change knowing that He can restore, heal, create, and redeem!
    And to be one of those people seeing this miracle and then realizing that your voice was one that shouted to crucify this Savior that came to provide you with so much and yet that very act was the thing that truly saves us, truly paid the debt we could never repay!

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  4. What a great chapter. Careful what you ask for. You might just get much more than what you ask! Once again Love the transformation in Peter. Looking for the opportunity to address large crowds instead of denying and hiding. What a great speech. This Jesus who you handed over to be crucified and die. Has been raised from the dead. HES. ALIVE!! imagine the religious leaders hearing Peter. As they witnessed all of this. And he gives all honor and glory to Jesus in his speech. By His power this man walks again. It’s only been a few weeks since Jesus was crucified. Can’t imagine being one who yelled crucify him. And then hearing Peter. Cut to the bone!!

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  5. Acts 3: an admonishment and a blessing for the people all at once from Peter. How great it must have been to witness such healing!

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  6. Yes a great thing to witness Suzanne, but how great to have that power in our day for the skeptics that surround us. And how clearly Peter wants to identify who the power comes from…it is in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. How can the people not be amazed that someone so well known as a cripple is healed. And Peter once again uses it as an opportunity to testify about Jesus. He makes the clear connection from the God they known (of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who was the author of life) to Jesus who he declares to be the author of life…and they killed him. But God then brought Him back to life. All things that may be hard to believe, but it is not hard to believe that this cripple person can now walk! And so clearly what they need to do is repent, change their understanding of who Jesus is and believe on Him. That is the only way to be right with God. And it is one thing to be ignorant of what they did to Jesus in killing Him, they do not want to be ignorant of what God revealed through Him and in Him as well as what is revealed in the Old Testament Scriptures about Him.

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  7. “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.”

    Jesus must be in heaven until the times of restoration…..longing for His return.

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  8. Peter didn’t perform the miracle in his own power, it was done in the power of Christ Jesus and by faith in him. If those two things were not present, the miracle wouldn’t have happened. The man who was healed walked and jumped and praised God. That is a good example for all of us who have had our prayers answered! Peter explained to the Jews what he told the people at Pentecost. That Jesus, the person they crucified, was the Messiah, and they must repent so their sins would be forgiven and accept Jesus Christ into their lives to be saved.

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