Acts 3 The Miracle and The Message
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The Miracle
The Miracle
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.
When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.
But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, “Look at us!”
And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”
And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God;
and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
A few key points about this miracle:
Man lame from birth. Decades
All he ever knew was he needed help from others.
All he could do was beg.
He had obviously given up on being healed. He asked for money rather than healing.
After being healed he immediately praised God and joined the disciples in worship.
Possibly his first time in the temple in years.
The people saw it and were filled with wonder.
The Message
The Message
Part 1 of the Message: The Messiah
Part 1 of the Message: The Messiah
While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.
But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?
“The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.
“But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
“And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.
“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.
It’s Not Us...
It’s Not Us...
But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?
V12. Why are you amazed? Do you think we did this? Was it our power or our piety?
was it the piety of the lame man?
We do not possess the power or the piety to heal anyone
It’s Jesus...
It’s Jesus...
“The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.
The One You Had Killed...
The One You Had Killed...
“The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.
“But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
You delivered Him, you disowned Him, and you put Him to death.
And the One God Raised from the Dead!
And the One God Raised from the Dead!
but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
“And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.
“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.
Part 2 of the Message - The Meaning
Part 2 of the Message - The Meaning
“But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
“Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.
‘And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
“And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.
“It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
“For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”
Repentance
Repentance
“But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Refreshing
Refreshing
in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
Jesus came to this earth to repair that which was broken. And refresh our souls.
Restoration
Restoration
whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
“Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.
Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And He will bring about this ultimate Restoration when He returns.
And what Happens if we don’t heed this warning?
Ruin
Ruin
‘And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
So you either accept Jesus Christ and repent, be refreshed and restored...or be ruined.
“And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days.
“It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
“For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”
He was sent to bless us by turning us from our wicked ways.
So this Miracle...prompted a Message. And the message is this.
It’s not about Us. (These works and wonders art meant to glorify God)
It’s all about Him. (It’s always about Him)
We Repent… (Step 1)
He brings Refreshment (Step 2)
He brings Restoration
He keeps us from Ruin.
