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June 5th 2022
Series: The Book of Acts
Sermon Title: We are Witnesses
Topic: Journey through the book of Acts.
Key Passages: Acts 3
Sermon Blurb: All followers of Jesus are called to do all they can to lead people toward salvation through Jesus.
When God moves through us do, we use those moments to point people toward Jesus or ourselves?
In this message, we will hear about all that and more!
Sermon:
Family Moment
Welcome back to our series called simply “The book of Acts”!
We are on a journey through the book of Acts!
If you are new, or newer to Family Church, we are so happy you are here today and I promise you that even though you are new you will not feel behind.
So let me catch you up.
Acts was written by a doctor named Luke.
The whole book is about the start of the church as we know it and it’s growth and challenges.
And at Family Church we love just preaching line by line, verse by verse, through the Bible because then it becomes less about our opinion and much more about learning God’s direction.
And that is what we are doing in this series.
We are learning about God’s direction for the church the Jesus started.
And we are learning about what that early church did and did not do…..and pondering…..how should this apply to our lives today….
PAUSE
So, we left off in Acts chapter 3.
So grab your Bible and open up there.
Acts 3: 1-26
As you are getting there let me give some context to what we will read about today.
Remember the church started with 120 people.
The church has exploded SUPER fast and now is over 3,000 people!
Do NOT miss that the first church in human history was a mega-church within weeks of being formed.
And I say that because I know there are a lot of people that are against large churches, and let me just say this…..you should never be anti-big churches.
You should be passionate about growing the church by reaching the lost; which is what the early church did and why it grew so quickly.
Big is not bad; not being about God’s work is bad.
PAUSE
The early church was an EXCITING place!
This new found faith is amazing!
The leaders in the early church, or Apostles to use a churchy word, would have been hectic and full.
Just like anyone leading a growing organization!
But the leaders were VERY focused.
They were trying to meet great spiritual and physical needs in this new thing called church.
And today….two of the leaders….
Peter and John…
Two guys who often competed for Jesus’ best friend slot!
Two guys who even raced in the Bible!
Two super competitive guys….are
now working NOT to build this kingdom but Jesus Kingdom…are about to do something amazing!
Something that some of you in the room are going to doubt if it really happened or if it did….
You are going to ask…..could it happen today…..
PAUSE
Ready to dive in church????
So chapter 2 Acts ends with these words,
Acts 2: 47, And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
DAILY…every day…..365 days a year…..
People were out talking about Jesus and because ALL the people were out talking about how Jesus changed their life DAILY people were coming to Jesus.
Acts 3: 1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.
We talked about this last month but let me remind you all of something.
The early church was a praying church.
The people prayed AT LEAST 3 times a day.
Like what most of you would associate with Muslims today.
Were they stop everything they are doing…..
They bow down and pray toward Mecca.
That was originally a Godly thing…taken by the Muslims and applied to their religion.
Stopping what your doing….praying in a certain direction….
Multiple times a day goes WAY back to the early church and WAY back further than that to times like Shadrack, Meshack and Abendego!
And I want to make sure you ALL realize something today.
Anything can be redeemed for God!
Just because Muslims do this today and Christians stopped doing it does not mean that now we cannot because they do!
We can reclaim Godly activities for God!
PAUSE
Jesus prayed all the time to connect with the will of God the Father!
The early church prayed all the time to connect with the will of God the Father!
We should do the same today!
PAUSE
Let’s keep reading….
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.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John.
Then Peter said, “Look at us!” 5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
Stop there for a second and I want to explain why the “look at us!”
Back at this point in time in human history if you were crippled, or sick, or had a skin issue, eye issue, or any number of physical issues you were NOT ALLOWED to enter the Jewish temple.
This guy would have NEVER been allowed in the temple because of the way he was born.
The sad reality to his day and age.
The leaders in that day in age would NEVER had made eye contact with a person like him, and made SURE to NEVER touch a person like him.
So these new “church leaders” saying look at us…was a big deal!
They were giving him the dignity he never got from other people.
In the same way you and I are called to LOVE ALL people!
Not just people who look or think like us today!
Most of us in the room have no idea what it is like to have a child with special needs.
Growing up my mom taught Special Education…so I was around kids gifted differently quite often and I was taught to not look at them as different but as gifted by God in amazing ways that I was not.
My older brothers first son has Angelman’s Syndrome and is gifted differently than most other children.
Most of you have no idea how hard it is to do what most families call “normal” with a child that is gifted differently…So can I beg you today…..
When you see a family with a child that is gifted differently SMILE at them!
Encourage them!
Give them so much Grace!
Love their child!
Encourage their child!
Look at their child with loving eyes not judgmental!
Just like the church leaders are doing here.
PAUSE
Let’s keep reading…
6 Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”
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