1 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,840 Please take a seat. Open your Bibles to the book of 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:16,680 Acts chapter 3. Great passage. 3 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:28,330 Great passage. Peter and John went up together 4 00:00:28,330 --> 00:00:35,800 to the temple at the hour of prayer, the 9th hour, they call 5 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,600 it the ninth hour because it's the ninth hour of daylight. 6 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:49,000 Prayer for the disciples was the one thing that they asked Jesus 7 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,880 to teach them about. They didn't ask teachers how to 8 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,560 walk on water, didn't ask teachers how to, you know, make 9 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,400 bread out of nothing and, you know, multiply fish. 10 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,720 Didn't ask that. Lord teach us how to pray. 11 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,760 There were three calls for corporate temple prayer for the 12 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:18,280 Jews going back to the book of Daniel. 13 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:25,440 You remember that? Daniel's life, his clock, even 14 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,880 though living in Babylon, 2700 kilometres away from Jerusalem, 15 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:36,800 he wore a Jewish watch. He had a Jewish heart and 16 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,520 Daniel's life and schedule kept to those three times of praying. 17 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:49,040 9 AM. 12 noon, 3:00 PM. Significant with the crucifixion 18 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:55,080 of Christ, aren't they? Here we find Peter and John 19 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,640 heading up for the 3:00 PM prayer gathering. 20 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:05,560 It's after the sacrifices have been carried out and now prayer 21 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:14,000 follows the sacrifices. This was the usual daily routine 22 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:23,680 even for now the newly Spirit filled disciples of Christ. 50 23 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,320 days Pentecost 50 days from the death of Christ, Resurrection 24 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:35,720 Pentecost fell. Church was born, the disciples 25 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:44,120 filled with the Spirit of God to witness the power of God and now 26 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:51,720 we find them in their normal routine going to pray still as 27 00:02:51,720 --> 00:03:01,040 Jews at the temple. It was a normal routine day of 28 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:05,520 events also for a certain lame man from birth. 29 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,920 We learn from chapter 4, verse 22 that this man was more than 30 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:14,360 40 years old whom they're going to meet. 31 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,880 There's two. And a certain man lame from his 32 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,680 mother's womb. It was his ankles, his feet, 33 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,040 that was the problem. Never walked in his life, whom 34 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,800 they laid his friends, colleagues, pick him up, carry 35 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,480 him daily. Notice it says daily at the gate 36 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:44,680 of the temple, which is called beautiful there to ask arms. 37 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,920 You know what arms are, and I'm not talking about these. 38 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,040 From those who entered the temple and how many people came. 39 00:03:53,040 --> 00:04:00,000 He knew who came 912 and three, it is believed, because of his 40 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,800 age. Who would have passed by this 41 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,720 man Jesus? How come he hadn't healed him? 42 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,440 Now the gate is called beautiful. 43 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,519 It was the eastern gate. They believe it was called 44 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:22,079 beautiful because it was overlaid with Corinthian bronze 45 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,760 panel beaded. And when the sun shone on this 46 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,760 gate, it's shone like gold, and it was called the Beautiful 47 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,040 Gate. That gate, the eastern gate, LED 48 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,040 from the Court of the Gentiles into the Woman's Court. 49 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,760 So this was his usual day at the gate, begging for arms. 50 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,440 What are arms? Arms are gifts for the poor. 51 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,880 That's what it means, gifts for the poor. 52 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:57,280 Nothing out of ordinary at the moment is there? 53 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,720 The usual Peter and John usual. The lame guy usual. 54 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:10,520 Now verse 3, the lame guy who's seen these two many times before 55 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,680 seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple. 56 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:20,440 So they've got to go path, he's at the right spot, asked for 57 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,760 arms. The beggar, seeing Peter and 58 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:30,200 John, propositioned Peter and John and asked for money. 59 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:39,440 So Peter obligingly takes out his little leather money pouch 60 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,160 that he carried his money in, dropped 20 denari in the lame 61 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:50,080 man's cup. John, seeing what Peter did, OK, 62 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,520 he pulls out his little leather money pouch, pulls out a canner 63 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,960 and drops that in the cup, and then they go on their way. 64 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:11,200 No, that's not the story, is it? You cannot give what you do not 65 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:17,200 have. But each and every one of us do 66 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:22,800 have something. And this chapter and the timing 67 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,200 of this chapter is important for us as a church. 68 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:36,040 So we have following Pentecost 3000, filled with the Spirit. 69 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,120 Remember, baptised, we're the church, we're in the book of 70 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,480 Acts, we are filled with the Spirit. 71 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,560 What do we have? We had the same one. 72 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:55,040 I'm not going to say same thing. We have the same gift available 73 00:06:55,040 --> 00:07:02,600 to us, which we can give. So verse 4, fixing his eyes on 74 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:09,640 him with John, Peter said, look at us now. 75 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:15,160 I can imagine the beggar. He's going, hey, we're on arms, 76 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:20,280 arms, arms for the poor. So he gave them his attention. 77 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,000 How much are you going to give? Are they going for the purse, 78 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,160 going for the wallet? There's two of them. 79 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,400 He's expecting to receive something from them, isn't he? 80 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,920 And Peter said, aha. And here's here's where we get 81 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,640 to silver and gold. Have I known now? 82 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:47,360 Peter and John, by the way, sidestep both wealthy fishermen. 83 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,200 They're businesses, especially John and his father. 84 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:58,720 And then Peter join in booming, fishing, sea Galilee, man, they, 85 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,640 they, they, they go. They do all right. 86 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:09,320 But Peter says silver and gold. I do not have. 87 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,920 But what I do have, I give to you in the name of Jesus Christ 88 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:24,840 of Nazareth, rise up and walk. So instead of going to his 89 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,240 purse, to his Bunny pouch, Peter says to the lame man, look at 90 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,039 us. The beggar at this time probably 91 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:36,679 thinking I'm on a winner. Arms are on their way. 92 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:45,000 Listen, and it's very important. Money was not what this lame 93 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:52,480 beggar needed the most. Money was not what the lame 94 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,320 beggin needed the boat most. What would you have done? 95 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,240 Flipped out a few. Denari kept on going. 96 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,920 He needed salvation for his soul. 97 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,560 I want to take a step back. This is the book of Acts. 98 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,680 The Holy Spirit has fallen on the church. 99 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,560 Peter has preached one message, 3000 and got saved. 100 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,680 He sees this man. God's moving through Peter and 101 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:18,280 John. That's why he said, hey, look on 102 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:23,000 us because we're going to see what's happened here and you and 103 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,880 I want to see where the focus of what our ministry really is. 104 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,040 He needed healing for his body, yes. 105 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,680 Couldn't walk his ankle bones, feet bones didn't function from 106 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:40,520 birth. Money could provide neither they 107 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,560 could have given him 100 denarii and gone off said good on you 108 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:47,800 and he was said lovely people love you know those those new 109 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,880 believers they are lovely. They're followers of that Rabbi 110 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,720 Jesus lovely people. What did what good would it have 111 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,400 done him but so well he would have had 100 denarii. 112 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,120 It's a beautiful picture of salvation before us in these 113 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,480 verses. Often we get people coming to 114 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:11,720 church. Often I get emails, usually from 115 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:15,360 faraway lands. I won't mention the continents. 116 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,960 Pastor Keith, been praying for you. 117 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,040 Thank you for your word. Thank you for your church. 118 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,200 Anyway, could you? Would you? 119 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:38,240 You see one of the things, and I've got to be careful how I say 120 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:46,520 this, when people come to Calvary Chapel over the past 121 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,000 times, people have come and they come and we go. 122 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,800 We ask them, yes, you want to see someone, you need help, OK, 123 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,240 come to church, sit in the service, sit in. 124 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:05,040 No, I'll come back after that. So they go away and then they 125 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:13,240 come back after the service. So then usually now I'll meet 126 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,600 with them, talk with them, the pastors will speak, speak for 127 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:26,280 them, and I'll ask questions. I'll ask questions and I'll ask 128 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,000 what do you want? How can we help you? 129 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,200 And then I go, usually tell us this story and then I go and 130 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,800 then I do this. And I don't say silver and gold, 131 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,880 have I none. But I say this and I don't mean 132 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,000 it rudely. I say we're not a bank. 133 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,880 We're not a bank. This is a church. 134 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,320 I tell you what we can give you. We would love to give you a 135 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,760 Bible. We would love to pray with you. 136 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,880 We would love to see Christ come into your life. 137 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:04,280 But as usually I head down that path, we get the direction. 138 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:10,600 Not interested in that Jack and I begin to get more sometimes we 139 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,560 get abused happens over the phone as well. 140 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,680 I get calls. Can you help us on? 141 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:19,880 This is what I need. I need that soon as I begin to 142 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:21,960 ask questions, they get really cranky. 143 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,920 Usually they cuss me out over the phone. 144 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:30,240 And here's the deal. Chuck Smith always taught past 145 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,720 Calgary Chapel passes to err on the side of grace. 146 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,520 They go, well, Keith, how come you don't err on the side of the 147 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,640 grace? Because I want to get there 148 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:41,240 first. And normally, even if someone 149 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,920 says, yeah, I'll come and sit in church, I'll take a Bible. 150 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,240 They allow us to pray. You know what we will do? 151 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:54,000 We will normally then follow up, provide support. 152 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:02,600 But if we don't get past the first base, again, this is not a 153 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,280 bank. This is a church, Peter has said 154 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,360 to this person, silver and gold have I none but such as I have, 155 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,080 give I thee. There was a man in. 156 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,240 I've told you the story before, but we used to witness on 157 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,040 Saturday nights in the streets of Perth, Friday and Saturday 158 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,080 nights, part of our Bible college training, we would 159 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,280 witness in the streets of Perth Light. 160 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,080 We got to know all the street people, all the difficult people 161 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,840 in Perth. There was one man who would go 162 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,240 from rubbish bin to rubbish bin. He had. 163 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,800 He would hide behind the bin, he'd go in through the bin, wait 164 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,720 for then he would move on to the next bin, get behind the bin, go 165 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:47,920 through the bin. He wore jeans, braces, no shoes, 166 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:53,360 T-shirt, filthy. He came to an outreach we had a 167 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,200 couple of times in the centre of Perth and first night he came, 168 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,880 someone gave him, they used to call it in the old Pentecostal 169 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,000 circles, a Holy Spirit handshake. 170 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,320 They slipped 20 bucks into his hand. 171 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,960 Great. He takes off as soon as they do 172 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,000 that. Next time we have an outreach, 173 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,200 he's there. We spot him, I bring him into a 174 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:20,120 room, me and another brother in the Lord and we say look mate, 175 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,400 this is what we'd like to do for you. 176 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,400 We see you in the streets. I see you got no shoes. 177 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,680 We'd like to buy some shoes. We'd like to buy some clothes. 178 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,960 We'll find some accommodation for you and we'll even work on 179 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,360 getting a job for you, meals and stuff like that. 180 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,160 Do you want to change? Do you want to receive Christ? 181 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,160 Are you, are you tired of living this way? 182 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,920 He took off, just bolted because he said you're not giving me any 183 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:54,920 money and he just took off. I say this because Calvary 184 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:59,360 Chapel, yes, we'll be gracious and we will be, but there needs 185 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,400 to be first of all, we're accountable. 186 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,960 We're stewards because people will come up and thank you, say 187 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,520 well, hey, go over there. They just give you 50 bucks. 188 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,640 You just got to ask them. They'll give you the 50, they'll 189 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,880 give you the 100, and then the word will go just it's the ATM 190 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,080 because we ask them about have you been to the Salvation Army? 191 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:22,480 Salvation Army, an awesome group, aren't they funded also 192 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,120 by the government? And you know what the majority 193 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,800 of people, these people will go now we, they sent us away. 194 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:35,120 They didn't, we couldn't No, no, no, no Salvation Army, I know 195 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,240 how they operate. They will support you, they'll 196 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,720 provide this. And I, I know the background 197 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,680 that's there for the Salvation Army. 198 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,320 And so we starting to find out that we're getting not the truth 199 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,560 of the matter, we're finding out we're not interested in anything 200 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:58,200 about you. I just want some coin and we 201 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,920 aren't going to give it that way. 202 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:07,360 And so Peter says, and you can look at Peter and tell, wow, not 203 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,560 very. Why didn't he just give them 204 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,000 some money? Because if you give them some 205 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,000 money, they those people will remain the same. 206 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:20,000 If we aren't challenging people, if we aren't saying we would 207 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,600 love to pray with you. And what if someone said and God 208 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,600 had brought them? They think they come for this. 209 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,920 They think they come for arms, but they actually come and we 210 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,680 present silver and gold. Have I numb, but such as I have 211 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,760 GUID if we give them the gospel and go would you? 212 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:39,800 I've always wanted someone to pray with. 213 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,840 I didn't know about that. I grew opposite. 214 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,200 I went to Sunday school when I was a kid, But if we don't do 215 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:54,040 that, if we aren't don't don't do that, then the then I am 216 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,680 abrogating. Is that the term? 217 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:02,080 No, it's not Abdicating, abrogating, abdicating. 218 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,280 Thank you. I am not. 219 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,640 I I am a watchman who's not not. And I'll have the blood of that 220 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:15,720 person's salvation on my hands. People say, are you a bit? 221 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,680 You're not very polite, Keith. You know, I would rather have 222 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:25,960 someone angry against me because I gave them the gospel than just 223 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:31,600 give them a few dollars and leave them without being 224 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,480 challenged about their walk with God. 225 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,240 And so Peter tells us what he does here. 226 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:44,720 This man didn't need money. God said he needed salvation for 227 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,760 his soul. Jesus had been past this man. 228 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,240 He needed healing for his body. Can we pray for you? 229 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,720 Money could provide neither. And it's a beautiful picture of 230 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,440 salvation before us. In these verses. 231 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,200 The man was born lame, as are all of us. 232 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,640 How's that? Because we are born unable to 233 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:12,120 walk as to please God. I'm lame in my sin. 234 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:17,760 I can't please God. Adam our Father, we're related 235 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:23,120 to him, and he passed on his lameness all the way down to me. 236 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:29,240 Romans 512 Therefore justice through one man sin entered the 237 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,560 world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men 238 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,200 because of all sin. Because Adam sinned and died. 239 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:42,600 I will die, this body will die. The man was poor. 240 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,280 We as sinners A bankrupt before God. 241 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:54,040 We owe him a debt. We could not pay the wages of 242 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,240 sinners death, we can't pay that. 243 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,440 The lame beggar also, from the time of his birth, because of 244 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,520 the law of Moses, he was never allowed in the holy place. 245 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:14,960 Not allowed in the holy place. He was outside the temple, as 246 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,640 are all sinners. We are separated from God by our 247 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,720 lameness, our sin, as to in our salvation. 248 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:28,400 This man's healing, however, was instant. 249 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,720 And say Peter and John say, look, we'll come back over the 250 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,480 next 10 weeks. We'll sit down with you and 251 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,720 we'll go through a few things. It was instant. 252 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:46,000 For the first time, this man is going to stand up on his own 253 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,600 ankles and feet. For the first time in his life, 254 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,160 there would be no question where this man stood. 255 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,240 Verse 7. So Peter grabbed him by the 256 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,160 right hand. I want you to notice the 257 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,680 language here because this beggar is doing nothing about 258 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,560 his job, about his situation. Like you and I, God grabbed hold 259 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,920 of us. Peter grabs hold of this man, 260 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,120 grabs him by the hand and rips him up. 261 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,600 And as he leaps up, Doctor Luke, the medical physician in the 262 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:28,800 Greek language, tells us that as he rips him up to stand, at that 263 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:34,040 instant, miraculously the bones of the ankles and the sinews 264 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,840 and, and the the bones and the feet that had never walked, that 265 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:43,280 were buckled and crippled from birth, all came into place and 266 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,840 he stood. He's never, he's never stood in 267 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:51,800 his life. And immediately notice that 268 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,080 immediately his feet and ankle bones receive strength. 269 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Doctor Luke is giving us the medical background to hear. 270 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,200 So he the lame man, What does he do? 271 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,840 Hey, you need to sit down. He jumps, wouldn't you? 272 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,960 He's never jumped in his life. He's leaping up. 273 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,040 Stood and he walked. He hasn't walked ever. 274 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:21,200 And where does he walk? Notice he entered the temple 275 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,480 with them. He's got a hold of Peter and 276 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,080 John. I'm not letting you guys go 277 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,320 walking, leaping and praising God. 278 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,600 Three of them go into the temple. 279 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:40,320 Peter at that moment by the Holy Spirit is given the faith to say 280 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,760 and do. He says, look at me what he did. 281 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,240 God gave him the faith because Can you imagine? 282 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,720 He grabs the guy, rips him up and drops him. 283 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,040 Everyone says what'd you do? What'd you do? 284 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,400 The line going, I see you just ripped him up and you just 285 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,480 dropped him on his head. That's pretty cruel. 286 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:08,040 Could have happened. Peter's grabbed him because God 287 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,000 by the Holy Spirit is giving him the faith, sees hold of him, 288 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:15,760 grabbing him up and immediately he's done. 289 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:23,260 He's got a perfect 10. He grabbed the man, lift him up, 290 00:22:24,060 --> 00:22:26,100 allowing the man to stand for the first time. 291 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,240 Nope, this man did. It's important he did not run 292 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,960 off home to live his life now and tell his friends. 293 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,840 Hey Peter and Joe. Thanks. 294 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,000 Hey everybody, look at this. Check this out. 295 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,600 I can dance. Check this out. 296 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:48,120 No. Remember the 10 lepers? 297 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,520 Go and show yourself to the priests. 298 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,200 That was the lepers and as they went to the priests, they were 299 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,840 healed. One came back. 300 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:07,960 What did Jesus say? Weren't there 10 of you and he 301 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,800 wasn't going? Wouldn't there 10 of you? 302 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,000 There was 10 of you. Where's the other night? 303 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:21,560 You see, God's involved in this. And so this man entered the 304 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,680 temple with Peter and John, praising God. 305 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,640 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple 306 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,120 with them. And all the people saw him 307 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,160 walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he 308 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,280 who sat begging arms at the beautiful gate. 309 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,560 Why? Because everyone walked past him 310 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,400 and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had 311 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,160 happened to him. Now as the lame man who was 312 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:50,360 healed held on to notice what he's doing, he's stalking Peter 313 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,880 and John. He's hanging on to these guys. 314 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,080 All the people ran together to them on the porch, which is 315 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,680 called Solomon's greatly amazed. Now on the left hand side of the 316 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,160 temple, that side, there was a porch like a big patio that went 317 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,280 around. And that's where Jesus taught. 318 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,960 And this is where Peter comes out. 319 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,840 The crowds gathered and Peter says, and that's where the crowd 320 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,600 has come. And there's this massive crowd. 321 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:20,320 Acts chapter 3, If I was to ask you, most people say what's Acts 322 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,720 chapter 3 about? Oh, it's about that guy being 323 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,800 healed, isn't it? The lame man, you know, and him 324 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,960 running and jumping and leaping and going into the temple. 325 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:35,440 I would disagree, as you and I will see through Peter's words 326 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:40,000 as to why at this moment in time with this man, this happened. 327 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,400 Jesus would have passed by this man. 328 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:49,560 Peter will now tell us in this chapter and this passage, it is 329 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:50,920 not about all. Amen. 330 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,080 Yes, it is. You just read it. 331 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:57,040 Yeah, he's part of the story. But it is about. 332 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:01,320 Remember I gave you 2 weeks ago, where's Jesus in the text? 333 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:06,760 Every text, every passage, every word of the God of the Bible. 334 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:12,400 Where is Jesus in this text? It's about Jesus Christ, the 335 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,240 Messiah of Israel, who was crucified and is now 336 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,360 resurrected. Peter's going to talk about not 337 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:23,240 the lame man as such, but from there he's going to talk about 338 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:28,600 Jesus Christ crucified, resurrected, the gospel. 339 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:33,520 So Peter saw it, verse 12, he responded to the people, man of 340 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,560 Israel. Why do you marvel at this, or 341 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:42,520 why look so intently at us as though by our own power or 342 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:47,760 godliness we made this man walk the God of Abraham. 343 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,480 OK, so the weathervane points wrong. 344 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,600 Notice the focus going off the lame man. 345 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,560 It's going on to Jesus Christ, the God of Abraham, Isaac and 346 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:06,040 Jacob, the God of our fathers glorified his servant Jesus. 347 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,960 Capitalist whom? Yeah. 348 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,440 And here's where it gets even personal. 349 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,600 Big crowd gather. They're going, wow, what's going 350 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,680 on here? And Peter says the guy who you 351 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,960 crucified is involved in this. Hang on a minute. 352 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,040 I just come over to see. I heard this lame man guy. 353 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:30,800 And now what's going on here? Peter has switched the sermon. 354 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:42,440 Whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate man 355 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,680 when he was determined to let him go. 356 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:49,280 Pilate wanted to let him go, but you denied the Holy One, Jesus 357 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,040 and the just and asked for a murderer. 358 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,320 You guys can remember Barabbas? Hang on a minute, I'm just over 359 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:01,240 here talking, looking at some lame guy to be granted to you 360 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,680 and killed. The Prince of life whom God 361 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,160 raised from the dead of which we are witnesses. 362 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,360 Jesus died on the cross. You're responsible for it. 363 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,640 Three days later he rose from the dead. 364 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,520 We saw all this. You know about this. 365 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:23,320 Notice how this has gone from a guy being healed of sore ankles 366 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,920 that never walked to all of a sudden it's the full blown 367 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,560 gospel. Peter takes this gathered crowd 368 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,800 of curious onlookers. Where does he take him? 369 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,680 He took him to the cross of Calvary. 370 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,720 Peter then asked the crowd 2 questions. 371 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,320 Why do you marvel at this has happened? 372 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,680 Secondly, why do you look at us as if we had something to do 373 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,640 with this? Get your eyes off this. 374 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,880 I want you to look at where your eyes should be looking. 375 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,280 Peter shows us how our witnessing you and I should 376 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,720 always track. He should always focus on 377 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,960 Christ, his death, his resurrection, and not the 378 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:07,080 peripheries or the side issues. Well, yeah. 379 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,760 OK. Oh, well, if God would do a 380 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:13,000 miracle, you know, if if he, if he appeared before me now, I 381 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,840 believe. If someone came back from the 382 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,120 dead, I believe. Where did Cain get his wife? 383 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,960 Where's the land of Nod? How many people? 384 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,360 How could you fit all the animals on the ark? 385 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,400 Jesus Christ? You let all that just go to the 386 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,960 keeper. We say Jesus Christ died on the 387 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,400 cross. You know Jesus Christ lived. 388 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,640 What are you doing about Jesus Christ? 389 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,320 Why do you think he died on the cross of Calvary? 390 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,440 You know he arose from the dead 3 days. 391 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,720 You know, after that, he's the only one. 392 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,040 There's only one person that's come back from the dead. 393 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:56,360 What are you doing about that? You see, Peter knew this now 394 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,440 gathered crowd needed to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. 395 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,160 Peter isn't talking about it wasn't a wonderful how I grabbed 396 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,920 the lineman and when I lifted him up, I wasn't sure what's 397 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,120 going to happen. And he landed on his feet and 398 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,720 you did you see him? He came into the temple walking 399 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,080 and leaping and praising. Wasn't that a yeah, it's an 400 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,360 awesome story. Oh, well, come and tell us the 401 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,560 testament. How did it happen? 402 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,480 How did you feel when I looked at you and you you thought you 403 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,720 were going to get money? He didn't mention any of that. 404 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:33,600 Verse 16 and his name, Jesus through faith in his name has 405 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:38,480 made this man strong. Ah, whom you see and know. 406 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:44,040 Yes, the faith which come through him has given him this 407 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,920 perfect soundness in the presence of your wall. 408 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,000 Jesus is alive from the resurrection. 409 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,880 You saw him died. You cried out for his death. 410 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:59,000 You took Barabbas instead. And Jesus is alive because Jesus 411 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,320 is alive. He ascended into heaven. 412 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:01,720 Where? When? 413 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,720 And he is still working. It's not gone. 414 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,200 Jesus is still doing that which he did. 415 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,760 Peter also told them that the faith that he spoke to this lame 416 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,680 man was not of his doing, had nothing to do with us. 417 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,760 No, the very faith to speak and do what he did came through 418 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,240 believing in the name and power of the name of Jesus Christ. 419 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,440 There's no other name. Peter was teaching him that 420 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:37,040 faith did not come by seeing or hearing about miracles. 421 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,200 You and I know this. The answer says where does faith 422 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,720 come from? The answers in the book, Faith 423 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,320 is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not 424 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,280 seen. But how do I get this faith? 425 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,720 Keith? Do you work it up? 426 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,440 Do you stop drinking, stop swearing, start showering? 427 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,480 3 * a week? Go to church 4 times a week? 428 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:04,320 Is that how I get faith? No, Romans chapter 10, verse 17. 429 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:10,680 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 430 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,280 Peter did not promote, by the way. 431 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:20,560 Now I've healed this guy. I'm going on a tour that I just 432 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,240 talked to John. He'll be able to talk to you 433 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,920 about where I'm staying and you know how, how much of the cost, 434 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,280 what, how much of the tickets will be. 435 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,440 And you know, the, the place where we're going to just pack 436 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,040 out, going to the Coliseum going, we're just packing out. 437 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,400 I'm going on a Peter's healing ministries. 438 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,560 He didn't do that, did he? It happens today, doesn't it? 439 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,800 Now? Instead, he rightfully pointed 440 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,320 to the power of Jesus that healed this man from heaven. 441 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,920 Jesus was continuing to heal people. 442 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,840 And here's the word for you and I today. 443 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,400 Jesus continues to heal people from heaven. 444 00:31:53,600 --> 00:32:00,200 Today, the same Jesus resurrected from the dead. 445 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,440 Back in verse 13, Peter said that Jesus was the perfect 446 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,720 servant of God. He was the promised one, but 447 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,200 when the promised one came, he was tortured and crucified. 448 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,000 The people chose Barabbas instead of Jesus, even when 449 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,440 Pilot tried to release Jesus. But it was God who raised Jesus 450 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,640 from the dead. Peter says we witness we saw all 451 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,560 this with our own eyes. It's the same Jesus that has 452 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,800 made this lame man whole. It was faith in his name and his 453 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,280 name came in his name came the power. 454 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:39,640 Peter said it was not my faith. Verse 17 Yet now, brethren, I 455 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,800 know what you did. You did it in Ingrids and all 456 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,800 the guys going, Oh yeah, we didn't know what we got before. 457 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,240 I didn't know it was Jesus. If I didn't know it was Jesus, I 458 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,000 wouldn't have cried out, crucify and crucify him. 459 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,760 I wouldn't have called out for Barabbas if I didn't know who it 460 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:57,160 was. Imagine I know that you did an 461 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,880 ignorance as did also your rulers. 462 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:07,320 But verse 18, those things which God foretold by the mouth of his 463 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,840 prophets that the Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled you 464 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:15,360 gathered here today. Peter said you called for Jesus 465 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,680 execution in ignorance. Yes you did. 466 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,360 You were ignorant of God's plan for humanity. 467 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,040 Yes we were, yes we were. But Peter goes on to say this, 468 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,040 but your ignorance doesn't make you innocent. 469 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:33,320 You're guilty. You see, I can sin in ignorance. 470 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,600 But officer, I didn't see the light change. 471 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,920 I didn't know it was 70 kilometres an hour here. 472 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,360 I don't care whether you didn't know when you didn't see it, you 473 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,480 still broke the law. You're guilty. 474 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:48,800 You and I can sin an ignorant in in ignorance, but it is still 475 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,960 sin, because Peter says now what to do. 476 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:58,840 Repent to this crowd and be converted, that your sins may be 477 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:03,160 blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the 478 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,920 presence of the Lord. Peter did not speak to condemn 479 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,760 them. Shame on you, you, you, you, you 480 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,040 called out for Barabbas. No, no, no. 481 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:16,120 But instead, Peter exhorted those who were listening to him 482 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,120 to repent and be converted, to repent and believe. 483 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,400 It's the same message, isn't it? Still, you know, we don't preach 484 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,159 that today in many churches. We preach it all the time here 485 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,080 because that's the only way you come to Christ. 486 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,639 How do you come to Christ? If you want to know how to lead 487 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:34,239 your loved one to Christ, you don't tell them a great story 488 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,320 about a nice church, plays nice music, you've got nice chairs 489 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,760 and have a lovely garden. You know, the building of a 490 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,000 children's thing. No, no, no, that's all nonsense. 491 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,400 You come to Christ through repentance. 492 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,080 If you realise and know you're convicted by the Holy Spirit, 493 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:53,560 you're a Sinner. Jesus began that That message, 494 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:57,360 we continue it. It's the very message that's 495 00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,200 active today. Repent and believe. 496 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,520 Christianity is not rebuilding your life. 497 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:08,120 Christianity is not a self improvement programme to strive 498 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,720 to do better. No Christianity is the gospel of 499 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:17,080 Jesus Christ and what happens? It's becoming a new creation. 500 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:23,720 Jesus said you must be born again. 2 Corinthians 517 501 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:30,120 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he she is a new 502 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,520 creation. What's happened? 503 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,600 Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become 504 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,840 new. Romans 64 Therefore we were 505 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:43,080 buried through with him, through baptism into death, That just as 506 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,040 Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, Even 507 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:51,720 so also should we should walk in now in units of life. 508 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,960 I'm going to stop there because I've gone over time. 509 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,640 Here's the deal. Chapter 3, it's not about a lame 510 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,560 man. Chapter 3 is about Jesus is 511 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,680 alive. He's still doing miracles. 512 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:11,720 He hasn't stopped you and I have to pray. 513 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:15,320 God use us, help us to have the faith. 514 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,480 Give us the faith. We can't crank it up, but there 515 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,160 will be a moment. There may be a time when you go. 516 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,880 I'm going to I'm LED this way to pray. 517 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,480 You're going to be wise. You're going to know it's the 518 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:35,760 Lord and that faith that comes. It's not our faith. 519 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:41,600 It's a gift for by grace are you saved through faith and that not 520 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,520 of yourselves is the gift of God. 521 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:50,720 Jesus is alive. The miracles still occur where 522 00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:53,640 the vessels God wants to use us.