Stop being Lame / Deja de ser Cojo

THE CAVE 03/29/2023

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SLIDE #2 Acts 3:1-10

Un día subían Pedro y Juan al templo a las tres de la tarde, que es la hora de la oración. 2 Junto a la puerta llamada Hermosa había un hombre lisiado de nacimiento, al que todos los días dejaban allí para que pidiera limosna a los que entraban en el templo.

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.

Make groups

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Make a list that describes the man at the Gate (:2)

1). Lame / Lisiado

Crippled from birth / Lisiado de nacimiento Born that way / Así nació Couldn’t stand on his own 2 feet / No podía pararse sobre sus pies 4:22 He was 40 yrs. Old had been crippled all his life

Crippled / Lisiado

Different types of lame men / Diferentes tipos de hombres lisiados

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a). Physically lame man / Hombre fisicamente lisiado.

To be disabled or impaired in any way; weak, infirm; paralyzed; unable to move.

Estar discapacitado o impedido de alguna manera; débil, enfermo; paralizado; incapaz de moverse.

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b. Mentally lame / Mentalmente lisiado

No cognitive capacity to take on their manly responsibilities

Falta de capacidad cognitiva para tomar las responsabilidades de ser varón

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c. Social Lameness -

People passed him by, devalued him, and thought little of him.

La gente lo pasaba por alto, lo devaluaba y pensaba poco en él.

His family likely laid him there so that he could make some contribution to his care.

Su familia probablemente lo puso allí para que pudiera contribuir a su cuidado.

This developed in him an attitude of expecting others to do what they are expected to do.

Esto desarrolló en él una actitud de esperar que los demás hagan lo que se esperaba de ellos.

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d. Spiritual lameness -

They can see and hear the truth, can even confess it, but because of their lameness, they cannot act upon it.

Pueden reconocer La Verdad, pueden escucharla y aun declararla, pero por su lesión, no pueden tomar acción.

The results of spiritual lameness are that the woman must take the spiritual reigns of the home. She leads the devotional aspect of family life.

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Lameness comes in different forms, but it bears one similar characteristic:

El estar lisiado se presenta en diferentes formas, pero siempre tiene una caracteristica similar:

Someone else must do what you will not do for yourself.

Alguien más tiene que hacer lo que tú no haces por ti mismo.

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3 Este, al ver a Pedro y a Juan que iban a entrar en el templo, les rogaba para recibir una limosna. 4 Entonces Pedro, juntamente con Juan, se fijó en él y le dijo: Míranos.

5 Él les prestaba atención, porque esperaba recibir algo de ellos.

3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

What was his primary need? Was it a financial need?

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When you’re lame, you think something else can compensate for your primary need: walking!

Cuando estas lisiado, piensas que algo más puede compensar tu necesidad principal: ¡Caminar!

Peter says: We have no money. Don’t have what you think you need

6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold,

6 Pero Pedro le dijo:—No tengo ni plata ni oro,

Many times we’re praying for the wrong things:

A better job, more money, the better position . . .

Lame men pray for stuff to change their situation

When God wants to change the person

All this guy wants is enough to keep his lameness going.

God is not interested in keeping you comfortable in your lameness

He wants to change your lameness so you’re not lame anymore.

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7 Le tomó de la mano derecha y le levantó. De inmediato fueron afirmados sus pies y tobillos,

7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

8 y de un salto se puso de pie y empezó a caminar. Y entró con ellos en el templo, caminando, saltando y alabando a Dios.

How did it happen?

The power in the name of Jesus

Two people challenge him with their faith.

They refused to let him stay in his condition

Peter & John

- Be ready to grab the men God brings into your path

Well my father had an anger problem and I inherited his problem

Find some men who will pick you up from that lying position.

Who have learned to control their emotions

Who don’t have to cuss when they get angry

Who don’t have to hit when they are frustrated

Let them grab you and pick you up and out of your condition

We have a generation of young men who are not a lost generation

They are the product of a lost generation

They haven’t had good examples of what a man, a father, a husband is

He followed them into the temple.

They will follow you when you are genuine.

He gives you a miracle for a purpose.

Your background from Nazareth no longer has to be the definition of your manhood.

Stop being Lame