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Introduction
Up where my folks live we have some friends who live right on the edge of a huge lava rock bed.
When I was younger my brother and I and our friends would hike out in the lava rock for miles.
One day we came across a fresh water spring.
This spring was so clear that it looked to us like it was only a couple feet deep.
Yet when we reached into it we couldn’t touch the bottom.
We dropped fairly large rocks into it and the sank completely within the pond.
When we finally came back a different day and jumped in we discovered the pond was over 10 feet deep.
To truly see the depth of the pond, we had to change our perspective.
Perspective is everything.
We can look at the people around us, the people at work, school, or in the grocery store, and we can see skin color, size, shape, gender, attractiveness, fitness, or something else.
Or, we can look at people and see those in desperate need of a Savior.
One of the things I have mentioned before that we find in Acts is the disciples taking every opportunity to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Today we are going to examine one of those opportunities.
Up where my folks live we have some friends who live right on the edge of a huge lava rock bed.
When I was younger my brother and I and our friends would hike out in the lava rock for miles.
One day we came across a fresh water spring.
This spring was so clear that it looked to us like it was only a couple feet deep.
Yet when we reached into it we couldn’t touch the bottom.
We dropped fairly large rocks into it and the sank completely within the pond.
When we finally came back a different day and jumped in we discovered the pond was over 10 feet deep.
To truly see the depth of the pond, we had to change our perspective.
Perspective is everything.
We can look at the people around us, the people at work, school, or in the grocery store, and we can see skin color, size, shape, gender, attractiveness, fitness, or something else.
Or, we can look at people and see those in desperate need of a Savior.
One of the things I have mentioned before that we find in Acts is the disciples taking every opportunity to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Today we are going to examine one of those opportunities.
Up where my folks live we have some friends who live right on the edge of a huge lava rock bed.
When I was younger my brother and I and our friends would hike out in the lava rock for miles.
One day we came across a fresh water spring.
This spring was so clear that it looked to us like it was only a couple feet deep.
Yet when we reached into it we couldn’t touch the bottom.
We dropped fairly large rocks into it and the sank completely within the pond.
When we finally came back a different day and jumped in we discovered the pond was over 10 feet deep.
To truly see the depth of the pond, we had to change our perspective.
Perspective is everything.
We can look at the people around us, the people at work, school, or in the grocery store, and we can see skin color, size, shape, gender, attractiveness, fitness, or something else.
Or, we can look at people and see those in desperate need of a Savior.
One of the things I have mentioned before that we find in Acts is the disciples taking every opportunity to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Today we are going to examine one of those opportunities.
Just to remind us where we are at in the book.
We are dealing with the spread of the gospel in Jerusalem (chs.
1-8:3).
Ch. 1 deals with a.
The Preparation Of The Disciples To Preach Ch. 1. Ch. 2 covers b.
The Enabling Of The Disciples To Preach Ch. 2. That brings us to…
c.
The Opportunity For And Opposition Against The Disciples To Preach Chs.
3-4:31.
Ch. 3 deals with…
i. Opportunity Presented Through Healing 3:1-26
A man is healed.
When a crowd gathers as a result, Peter preaches the gospel.
We are first going to work through the description of how this man is healed.
Secondly we will look at how Peter used this as an opportunity to preach the Gospel.
This passage challenges us to take advantage of every opportunity to preach Christ.
As His ambassadors we must proclaim Him.
Preaching Christ changes our lives as the gospel transforms the lives of others.
This is our purpose!
This is what we have been called to.
And in this passage we learn how to grasp a gospel opportunity as it is presented.
The early church has begun.
We have been told how people are being added to the Church daily.
As Luke describes the activity of the early church we come to the disciples…
1. Healing In The Name Of Jesus vv.
1-10
What I love about this whole section is that Peter and John never want any of the acclaim for the healing.
God alone gets the glory!
Because they are pointing to God, it naturally results in pointing to Christ.
Luke begins by setting the stage with the…
a. Preparation for healing vv.
1-5
In v. 1 Peter and John are headed into the temple to pray.
They are not looking for an opportunity to preach the Gospel but they are also not opposed to one.
A willingness and desire to pray indicates a right relationship with the Lord.
Apart from a right relationship, opportunities will be missed.
The disciples are in the proper spiritual position for God to work through them and heal this man.
In v. 1 Peter and John are headed into the temple to pray.
They are not looking for an opportunity to preach the Gospel but they are also not opposed to one.
A willingness and desire to pray indicates a right relationship with the Lord.
Apart from a right relationship, opportunities will be missed.
The disciples are in the proper spiritual position for God to work through them and heal this man.
ii.
The problem vv.
2-3
Vv. 2-3 reveal that this man had two problems.
He had a physical disability which then led to physical destitution.
V. 2 tells us that he has been lame, unable to walk since birth.
“Lame” is the Greek word χωλός (chōlos) meaning crippled; lame.
Disabled in the feet or legs.
Later it will be revealed that it is his feet and ankles that were the problem.
Every day he is carried in and laid down at the Beautiful gate (S).
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