Title: Great Thanksgiving/Acts 3:11-16
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Subject: Great Thanksgiving/Acts 3:11-16
Healing a lame man at the beautiful gates of the temple was the first miracle for the apostles.
Note that among the power that Jesus gave to his disciples, he had the ability to heal.
The ability to heal is not a <natural ability>. Suffering from that disease for 40 years
this says it Nor is it <human power>. The power of an outstanding person, or the moral
Not freshness or heightened faith. This is <the power of God>. cross
Jesus, the Servant of God, raised from the dead, set high in heaven, and glorified
It is the power that comes from Christ.
* What did this lame man do after being healed?
1) entered the temple; --- walking and running
2) He praised God. --- This is a natural phenomenon.
* As a result, many people saw this and marveled at it.
Let's take a look at what happened right after this amazing event happened.
I. A healer captured Peter and John.
Why did you catch it?
- Being freed from the bondage of 40 years
- The crippled man was able to walk.
Someone else carried him and put him at the beautiful gate of the temple.
- A person who was begging for the flesh outside the temple gate entered the temple.
Those who lived for the flesh became those who belonged to the Spirit.
Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- This person can not only praise God inside the temple, but also give thanks outside the temple.
okay. This is the motive that led to the arrest of Peter and John.
II. People were startled and hung around him.
All the people knew.
The place where they gathered is the Port of Solomon. On the east side of the temple court, there were 162 large
It has a beautiful column and has three passageways with a roof. this is religious
A place where all teachers could stand. According to John 10:23, Jesus was also here.
There is a correspondence.
III. Peter and John's testimony
Peter's sermon begins for the second time.
- Why do you think it's weird?
that's not weird. 40 years of crippled man standing up and walking
Why wouldn't it be weird?
- I scolded you for not thinking well.
It was not done by an individual. God used us.
Exodus 15:26 "I am the LORD who heals you."
Acts 3:16 "Because I believed in his name..." The lame? / Apostle ?
The name of Jesus Christ is a manifestation of power.
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 "I planted and watered Apollos, but God makes it grow...
- List the mistakes of those people.
1) Wife/ Pilate said, "I find no guilt in him."
But they demanded that he be crucified.
2) Rejection/ Which of the two of Pilate was Barabbas and Jesus?
They asked the killer to be released.
3) The crucifixion went beyond what he hated, and he was crucified.
- He said that he was a witness to this.
V. 15 We are all witnesses to these things.
***** conclusion
One). The preacher only preaches the way of God.
2). The power of the preacher does not show his power.
God is using him.
3). God always keeps His covenant.
4). Israel's sin has potential for us as well.