20 And he will send Jesus, the One he chose to be the Christ. Then the Lord will send the time of rest. 19 So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. And now God has made these things come true in this way. 18 God said through the prophets that his Christ would suffer and die. He was made completely well because of trust in Jesus, and you all saw it happen!ġ7 “Brothers and sisters, I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders understood what you were doing. 16 It was faith in Jesus that made this crippled man well. 15 And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. 14 You did not want the One who is holy and good but asked Pilate to give you a murderer instead. Pilate decided to let him go free, but you told Pilate you did not want Jesus. 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, gave glory to Jesus, his servant. 12 When Peter saw this, he said to them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised? You are looking at us as if it were our own power or goodness that made this man walk. Peter Speaks to the Peopleġ1 While the man was holding on to Peter and John, all the people were amazed and ran to them at Solomon’s Porch. Now they saw this same man walking and praising God, and they were amazed. 9-10 All the people recognized him as the crippled man who always sat by the Beautiful Gate begging for money. He went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. 8 He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, stand up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took the man’s right hand and lifted him up. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. 4 Peter and John looked straight at him and said, “Look at us!” 5 The man looked at them, thinking they were going to give him some money. 3 The man saw Peter and John going into the Temple and asked them for money. Every day he was carried to this gate to beg for money from the people going into the Temple. 2 There, at the Temple gate called Beautiful Gate, was a man who had been crippled all his life. Read more about the book of Acts in Tongues of Fire: 40 Devotional Insights for Today’s Church from the Book of Acts, available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover.3 One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o’clock, the time set each day for the afternoon prayer service. This post is from the series “ Sermons in the book of Acts.” Read about sermon #1 or sermon #3. Should healing others in Jesus’s name be a normal occurrence? Consider how the biblical account can better inform our perspectives, expectations, and actions today. If, at church, you saw a wheelchair-bound man get up and walk, what would you think? Key Lesson: A miraculous healing provides an opportunity for truth about Jesus to be shared, which results in mass conversions. Subsequent Events: Peter is interrupted by the temple guards and he and John are thrown in prison, yet thousands more believe in Jesus. Scripture Quoted: Deuteronomy 18:15, 18, 19, Genesis 22:18 26:4Ĭentral Teaching: Jesus’ name has the power to heal. His execution at the hands of ignorant people was part of God’s plan, as was his rising from the dead. Overall Theme: Jesus, God’s servant, was foretold in the Old Testament. Preceding Events: Peter, through the power of Jesus, heals a lame man who was crippled from birth. The second sermon in the book of Acts: Acts 3:1-4:4 (specifically, Acts 3:12-26).
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