2025-03-16 St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Welkom

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Scripture Readings

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Confession of sin

The Lord’s Prayer

The Ten Commandments

Jenny will now read the Old Testament reading to us from the NIV pew bible.

She begins with “Hear the Word of God as it is written in Psalm 27”

She ends with “This is the word of God”.

Congregation: “Thanks be to God”

Janet

will now read the New Testament reading to us from the NIV pew bible.

She begins with “Hear the Word of God as it is written in Philippians 3:17-4:1

She ends with “This is the word of God”.

Congregation: “Thanks be to God”.

Hymn

Sermon

3. (16) How the man was healed.

And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

a. And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong:

Peter said that it was in the name of Jesus that this man has been made whole. This means more than Peter said, “in Jesus name.” It means that Peter consciously did this in the authority and power of Jesus, not in the authority and power of Peter. Peter would not even take credit for the faith that was exercised in the healing (yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness).

i. “In Semitic thought, a name does not just identify or distinguish a person, it expresses the very nature of his being. Hence the power of the person is present and available in the name of the person.” (Longenecker)

b. Through faith in His name:

When God’s people really do good in this world, they do it through faith in His name. The temptation is always to do things trusting in something or someone else.

• To trust in good intentions.

• To trust in talents and gifts.

• To trust in material resources.

• To trust in reputation and prior success.

• To trust in hard work or smart work.

i. Instead, we must always trust in and do good through faith in His name.

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Collection

Praise God from whom all blessing flow

Prayer

Hymn

Benediction

Doxology Now unto Him