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The Recap:
Alright, so last week, we saw something amazing happen.
The Incredibles
We saw Peter and John, in the name of Jesus Christ, heal a man who had been lame since birth.
If you look at the chapter 4:22, you’ll see that this man was 40 years old!
And all of the sudden he was walking, jumping, leaping around
Like my kids do all the time....oh to have energy
But don’t forget what we honed in on last week, the fact that the miracle was really the fact that Jesus Christ saved this man, as he put his faith in Him.
That was the real miracle
Jesus is always better than any act we do on our own.
And any thing we do for Him in the Spirit needs to be accompanied with a verbal outpouring of praise and glorification of Him.
But we’ll only do this if Christ is better and we live in the Spirit.
So we are picking up the story, literally hours after this healing happened, and Peter and John are currently speaking to the people, sharing Christ with them
That is where we find ourselves in chapter 4.
Let’s pray to God before we read that He will open our hearts and minds to the truths of His Word.
The Issue:
Paraphrase verses 1-12
Frame It Up
The Recognition:
But where I want to really focus on tonight is verse 13-20, because I know we are going to see something incredibly beneficial for us in these verse
So let’s read verse 13-20
Let’s focus in on verse 13 for a minute
“And they recognized they had been with Jesus.”
What do you think the reason was for this recognition?
Was it the fact that they were wearing matching t-shirts that said a Bible verse with a really cool picture on it?
Or maybe it was because they cut their hair and wore their beard like Jesus did?
Maybe they had a tattoo of a cross so people would look at them and see they were spiritual?
Were they just “really nice people?”
I don’t think any of these reasons are right, let’s just clear that up now.
Peter and John did not have tattoos
So let’s look at 3 things tonight that are reasons they were recognized as people who had been with Jesus, people who had met Jesus, people who were all about Jesus.
They lived in the Spirit
Over the past few weeks, we’ve already seen that the apostles had received the Holy Spirit, Peter and John included.
And we’ve seen that the gift of the Holy Spirit is extended to believers from that initial point.
But, receiving the Spirit, and living in the Spirit are two different things.
Too many of us think we can say a prayer, get saved, have the Holy Spirit, and then carry on our lives as normal.
People, Christ changes you.
If you aren’t changed you don’t have Christ.
And so to live in the Spirit is to live in the shadow of the cross.
We’ve been so radically changed by the blood bought gift that Christ gave us on the tree of Calvary that we can’t do anything but express our joy in Him and glorify Him.
That’s what living in the Spirit looks like.
And that’s what we saw Peter and John do last week.
They looked at an outcast, they saw Him, they loved Him
Christ did that
How’d you do with the challenge from last week?
I’ll tell you, I didn’t do great.
Failed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday, I smiled and said hey
Then Friday we talked about the weather!
Seems miniscule, but I made contact with them.
I established repertoire.
And now I build on that.
I hope by me being real with you guys that I struggle with this you will see that this isn’t easy, I’m not perfect, and we all struggle.
But will you take these steps with me?
Verse 8 of chapter 4 tells us that Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit as he addressed the council
Verse 16, “a notable sign has been performed through them”
They stood out because they lived their lives differently than the world.
So their lives were evident of being spirit filled.
This is more than just being nice people.
Teens, this isn’t an optional thing for believers.
We are all called to live lives in the Spirit, and to stand out.
How you doin?
But in order to stand out, it takes boldness.
They were bold
They lived in the Spirit
Verse 13
Boldness comes from confidence
Confidence comes from faith
Faith comes from salvation
, “ 11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
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Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.
Peter and John had boldness.
When the council questioned them
Set them in their midst, they surrounded them
Side note - Annas and Caiaphas, do you recognize those names?
Those were two of the leading players in Jesus’ trial and death
So, you can’t tell me Peter and John didn’t have to be bold, remembering Jesus’ trial and crucifixion, and his promise to Peter that he too would face the same thing.
But they didn’t back down, in fact, they grew in their boldness
How you doin?
tells us God, in our salvation, through the Holy Spirit, gave us not a spirit of fear, but of power.
We can’t hide behind fear, insecurity, introvertedness, or anything else, because God conquered those things.
Our hope is in Him.
And when we’re in the spirit, when we allow ourselves to be emboldened by the spirit, we then have the ability to do what Peter and John did.....
They proclaimed Christ
They spoke of Jesus and they were known for it.
But I think sometimes our minds think like this.....at least mine used to.
“Ill proclaim Christ when I’m older, it’ll be easier”
Or, “I’ll talk about Christ if I’m ever put on the spot”
Or what if you were in Peter and John’s shoes, do you think you’d be bold like them and stand for Christ in the face of persecution and possible death?
Let’s take a look just at these last two chapters,
Proclaimed Christ to the crowd who were in awe of them.
Proclaimed Christ to the council who surrounded them.
They didn’t wait to proclaim Christ until the council flat out asked them how they healed the guy.
They healed the guy (through Christ) with the intention always being to proclaim Christ.
And their proclaiming of Christ to the crowd led to 5,000 being saved.
Again, it comes back to, Christ is best, and He’s always central.
How you doin?
The Application:
But what do we learn from this.
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