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Acts 3:1-10
DIR By: clark thompson
Date: November 28, 2014, 9:23 pm
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Acts 3:1-10King James Version (KJV)
3 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the
hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried,
whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an
alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look
on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of
them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I
have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise
up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and
immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them
into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the
Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder
and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
Acts 3:1-10 World English Bible (WEB)
3 Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of
prayer, the ninth hour. 2 A certain man who was lame from his
mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the
door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for
the needy of those who entered into the temple. 3 Seeing Peter
and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts
for the needy. 4 Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John,
said, “Look at us.” 5 He listened to them, expecting to receive
something from them. 6 But Peter said, “Silver and gold have I
none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” 7 He took him by the
right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his
ankle bones received strength. 8 Leaping up, he stood, and
began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking,
leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and
praising God. 10 They recognized him, that it was he who used
to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of
the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what
had happened to him.
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
1 These were two of the disciples of Jesus and both apart of His
inner circle within the twelve. At this time the church was
Jewish based so they all could meet at the temple they would be
forced to leave even before having Gentiles come to faith;
Gentiles were not allowed in the temple as Jews were. The ninth
hour is about 3pm, this shows they took time out in the middle
of the day for prayer before going back to work and finishing.
2 This man was born without the ability to work. People who
could not work had to beg for money and would do this at the
temple where they were most likely to have people help them;
they did this because they had to. The man may have not been
able to enter the temple because people may have viewed his
condition was a result of sin.
3 This man would have asked any body for alms which was the
money of the day. He most likely did not know who John and Peter
were because if he did he would have gone to Jesus earlier to be
healed.
4 This showed him attention not just thrown down a few alms and
left but made it personal. To show love to people we not only
need to help them in ways we can but show them attention.
5 The world expects things from the church but what we have to
give is something they do not know they are missing but is
something that allows them to live. The most important thing we
can give is the gospel so they can come to Faith.
6 The Lord has not blessed everyone with wealth; Peter does not
offer to sell his house to help this man but instead gives him
what he really needs and wants to be able to walk to be healed.
Our power comes in the name of Jesus, without Him we have
nothing.
7 The man was healed; Peter looked past the temporary need of
money and met the need that was permanent. We all have needs but
often times we can not see that they could be met but He can met
all our needs. Jesus is our strength.
8 We need to walk with Jesus not with this world which has us
sitting around like the lame man begging and never really having
our true need met, our need for salvation but thru Jesus we can
walk on the paths of righteousness. We should always speak
praises to the Lord but truly coming from our hearts.
9 People will be able to see how we are truly trying to bring
praise to the Lord.
10 People will wonder about us because they do not have what we
have but they will see the change in us.
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Re: Acts 3:1-10
DIR By: Helen
Date: November 28, 2014, 9:37 pm
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Excellent post Clark....
#Post#: 95--------------------------------------------------
Re: Acts 3:1-10
DIR By: Deborah
Date: November 29, 2014, 8:41 am
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> These are my thoughts, please share yours.
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1 Peter and John went to the Temple regularly, every day; on
this particular day, something miraculous happened.
2 This crippled beggar had a regular pitch at one of the Temple
entrances, and Peter and John must have walked past him many
times before.
3,4 This time the apostles were prompted by the Holy Spirit to
engage him in conversation.
5 He asked for (and was expecting) just money. What the human
race wants, and what it needs, are two different things!
6 Christians do indeed give generously, whenever and wherever
they are able. But the two apostles had something better to
offer him.
7 Peter spoke the word of healing, but also had to encourage the
man to act upon it by helping him to his feet. It was when he
attempted to use his legs that he was instantaneously and
completely healed
8-10 Overflowing with joy and gratitude, he made sure that
everyone could see how his life had been changed by the power of
Jesus.
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