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 I'm sorry I keep doing this to you guys. I have to shorten the passage again.

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 There's just a lot in there.

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 Acts chapter 3 verses 1 to 16.

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 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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 And a man, lame from birth, was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple

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 that is called the Beautiful Gate, to ask alms of those entering the temple.

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 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

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 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said,

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 Look at us.

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 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

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 But Peter said, I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you.

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 In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

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 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

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 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk and enter the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

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 And all the people saw him walking and praising God and recognized him as the one who sat at the beautiful gate of the temple,

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 asking for alms.

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 And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's.

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 And when Peter saw it, he addressed the people.

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 Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this?

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 Or why do you stare at us as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

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 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus,

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 whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate when he had decided to release him.

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 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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 and you killed the author of life, whom God raised from the dead.

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 To this we are witnesses.

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 And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know.

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 And the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Last week we saw Luke's summary description of the early church,

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 who devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship,

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 to the breaking of the bread and the prayers.

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 And among other descriptions of the church, we saw in chapter 2, verse 43,

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 it said that awe came upon every soul,

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 and many wonders and signs were being done among them through the apostles.

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 And we see one instance of such miracle wonder that's being done by an apostle here in chapter 3.

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 And through this account, Luke's intentions to teach us that we should demonstrate and proclaim the powerful name of Jesus.

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 That's how I'm going to go through this passage.

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 First, to demonstrate the power of Jesus and to proclaim the name of Jesus.

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 It begins in verse 1 this way.

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 Now, Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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 It's possible that Luke is adding this detail merely to provide some circumstantial context,

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 to tell us that this is the time and place when this miracle took place.

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 But I don't think that's what Luke is doing.

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 Because Luke, more than any of the gospel writers, emphasizes the importance of prayer.

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 And he peppers throughout the book of Acts examples of the early church praying together.

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 In fact, he just told us in chapter 2, verse 42, that the early believers devoted themselves to the prayers.

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 Matt pointed this out last week.

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 The prayers.

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 There's a definite article, and it's plural.

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 The prayers.

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 Which indicates that this is likely not a reference to the private prayer life of individual Christians,

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 but to designated times of corporate prayer.

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 We saw earlier in chapter 1, verse 14, and verse 24, and later in chapter 4, 23, verse 231 as well,

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 that this was a regular habit.

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 Early church gathered together to pray together at appointed times.

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 And we see that this was also a habitual thing for Peter and John.

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 It says, now Peter and John were going up.

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 The tense that that verb is in, the imperfect tense,

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 it frequently denotes habitual regular action.

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 A customary activity.

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 For example, the same tense is used in verse 2 to describe how people carry the lame man

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 and laid him daily at the gate of the temple.

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 So then Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour, as usual.

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 This was their custom, their habit.

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 The Jews divided the day into 12 hours,

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 from dawn to dark.

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 So ninth hour would be 3 p.m. or so.

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 And this was when the Jews offered the second of their two daily burnt offerings prescribed in Exodus 29.

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 This was a really important occasion for the Jews.

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 The Jews considered these daily sacrifices and offerings to be so important

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 that when the temple complex was besieged by Pompeii-led Roman army in 63 BC,

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 they didn't stop.

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 They continued to offer the sacrifice while they were surrounded and besieged by the army.

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 This reminds me of the story of D. Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 who was the pastor of Westminster Chapel during World War II.

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 He lived in the days of Hitler, Churchill, FDR,

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 and his church was a stone's throw away from Buckingham Palace.

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 And on one occasion,

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 a bomb fell just a few yards away from the church during Sunday worship,

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 causing the plaster of the ceiling to fall down from the roof

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 and onto the heads of the congregation.

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 And one parishioner recalled thinking,

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 she said that she thought she was in heaven

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 after seeing other believers around her coated in white dust.

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 And this happened during the pastoral prayer time of the service.

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 But Lloyd-Jones didn't stop praying.

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 He finished praying.

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 And then he paused for a moment to motion to the church members

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 to take cover under the gallery.

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 And then he proceeded to preach his entire sermon.

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 I find these stories inspiring

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 because they are examples of people

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 for whom the vertical reality,

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 the intercourse and transaction between God and man,

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 was more important than all horizontal realities.

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 Even more than history-altering wars.

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 Similarly, when King Darius the Mede

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 issued an edict that prohibited people

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 from praying to anyone but to himself,

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 it says in Daniel 6.10

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 that when Daniel knew that the document had been signed,

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 he went to his house where he had windows

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 in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem.

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 He got down on his knees three times a day

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 and prayed and gave thanks before his God

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 as he had done previously.

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 Daniel could have prayed with his windows closed

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 in the privacy of his home

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 so that these malicious, envious officials

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 couldn't spy on him and report him to the king.

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 He could have altered his praying schedule

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 to throw off the people who are trying to watch him.

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 But he doesn't.

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 And there's something powerful about that defiance.

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 He's saying,

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 I will not let my prayers to God

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 be interrupted by what's happening in the world

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 because my relationship with him,

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 my allegiance to him,

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 is far more significant than any of those things.

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 My appointment with God Almighty is more important

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 than whatever else might be going on.

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 This kind of attitude makes no sense to the world,

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 to people whose lives revolve around

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 not God,

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 but other things.

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 our leisure,

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 our friends,

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 our jobs,

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 our children,

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 our health,

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 our hobbies,

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 our romance.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 I urge you to establish

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 this kind of habit of prayer

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 and worship in your lives

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 and let the other things in your life

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 revolve around it,

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 not the other way around.

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 It may well be that we don't see

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 the kind of power displayed here

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 in this chapter

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 in our own lives

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 precisely because

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 we don't access

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 and appropriate that power for ourselves.

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 And as Peter and John,

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 most likely,

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 John,

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 the son of Zebedee,

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 were going up to the temple to pray,

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 he says,

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 a man lame from birth

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 was being carried

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 whom they laid daily

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 at the gate of the temple

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 that is called

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 the beautiful gate

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 to ask alms of those

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 entering the temple.

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 This man is lame from birth.

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 He evidently can't walk at all

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 because he has to be carried

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 presumably by his relatives

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 who expected him

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 to contribute somehow

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 to the family fund

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 at least by begging.

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 And they drop him off

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 at the same time each day

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 where there's most foot traffic

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 in the temple.

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 And we find out later

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 in chapter 4, verse 22,

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 that this man was over 40 years old.

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 He's not young.

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 So for the 40 plus years of his life,

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 or 30 plus years of his life,

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 probably,

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 this man was begging,

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 has been begging.

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 He has never walked on his two feet.

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 And verse 3 continues,

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 seeing Peter and John

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 about to go into the temple,

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 this lame man asks

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 to receive alms.

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 He's just asking

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 for some spare change.

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 But apparently,

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 this man wasn't even looking

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 at Peter and John

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 when he asked

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 because verse 4 tells us

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 that Peter directed

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 his gaze at him

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 as did John

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 and said,

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 look at us.

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 This lame man

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 is used to the casual disregard

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 with which people

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 often treat beggars.

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 So he has ditched

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 the conventions

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 and courtesies

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 of human interactions.

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 He doesn't even look

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 as he asks.

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 Hey, can you spare some change?

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 He's probably expecting

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 Peter and John

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 to ignore him

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 and pass him by

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 like most others.

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 How often do we pray

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 and ask God

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 like this lame man,

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 expecting silence,

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 expecting God

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 to ignore us

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 and pass us by.

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 But Peter and John

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 do not ignore

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 this lame man

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 and they direct

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 their gaze at him

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 and ask him

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 to look at them

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 and at that point,

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 the lame man

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 fixes his attention

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 on them expecting

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 to receive something

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 from them.

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 Now he's expecting

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 something.

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 He's like,

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 you're driving

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 and there's,

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 if you're a homeless person

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 begging on the street

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 at an intersection,

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 you start to see

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 the window roll down

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 and now you're

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 paying attention.

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 You're going to get something.

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 So that's what

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 this man's doing.

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 But he's quickly

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 disappointed

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 because Peter says

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 in verse 6,

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 I have no silver

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 and gold.

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 He's not going to get

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 what he was expecting.

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 But Peter continues,

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 what I do have

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 I give to you

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 in the name

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 of Jesus Christ

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 of Nazareth,

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 rise up and walk.

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 Peter addresses

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 a more fundamental need.

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 He gets to the root

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 of this man's poverty,

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 the reason why he begs.

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 Peter has no silver

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 and gold,

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 but he does have access

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 to the power

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 that resides

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 in the name

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 of Jesus Christ

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 of Nazareth.

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 And by the authority

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 Peter commands

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 the lame man

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 to rise up

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 and walk.

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 A 16th century

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 pastor and theologian,

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 Cornelius Allipide,

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 once told this story

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 of Thomas Aquinas,

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 a 13th century theologian.

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 He says,

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 one day,

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 he was visiting,

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 Thomas Aquinas,

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 was visiting Pope

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 Innocent IV

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 while the Pope

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 was in the middle

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 of counting

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 an enormous sum

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 of money

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 in front of him.

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 Upon seeing Aquinas,

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 Innocent referenced

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 this verse

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 and quipped,

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 You see, Thomas,

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 the church

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 can no longer say

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 silver and gold

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 have I none

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 with some measure

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 of pride

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 in his voice.

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 To which Thomas Aquinas

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 replied,

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 True Holy Father,

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 but neither can she

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 now say

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 rise up and walk.

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 A church

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 that offers people

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 silver and gold

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 but has no power

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 to restore them

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 is a travesty.

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 A church

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 that depends

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 on earthly riches

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 and earthly means

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 to accomplish

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 earthly purposes

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 but has no spiritual

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 power to accomplish

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 God's heavenly purposes

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 is a tragic failure.

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 Instead of crowing

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 about the church's

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 great wealth,

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 Pope Innocent IV

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 should have been

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 weeping

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 at its loss

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 of spiritual

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 authority and power.

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 Often those things,

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 those two things

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 are inversely related.

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 The more earthly power

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 and means we have,

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 the more we depend

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 on them

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 and not on

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 God's power

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 which makes us

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 spiritually impotent.

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 We're not a big church

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 with great means.

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 we can't pay off

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 people's mortgages

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 like some churches do.

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 We can't host

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 big conferences

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 and festivals

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 but I pray to God

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 that he would make us

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 a church

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 with spiritual power.

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 When Peter says

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 rise up and walk

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 the result is immediate.

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 It says in verses

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 seven to eight

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 and Peter took him

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 by the right hand

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 and raised him up

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 and immediately

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 his feet and ankles

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 were made strong

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 and leaping up

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 he stood

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 and began to walk

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 and entered the temple

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 with him

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 walking and leaping

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 and praising God.

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 This kind of thing

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 didn't happen regularly

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 in the ancient world

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 and it's not like

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 the people in the ancient world

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 were just more gullible.

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 A cripple being healed

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 is verifiable.

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 It's quite obvious

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 whether it's happened

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 or not.

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 That's why he says

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 later in verses

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 nine to ten

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 all the people

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 saw the formerly

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 layman walking

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 and praising God

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 and recognized him

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 as the one

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 who sat at the

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 beautiful gate

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 of the temple

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 asking for arms

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 and they were filled

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 with wonder

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 and amazement

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 at what had happened

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 to him.

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 So people are doing

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 double takes here

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 at this formerly

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 layman.

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 How is it?

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 Wait, isn't that the guy

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 that was begging

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 in front of the temple?

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 I've seen him for years.

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 How is he now

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 inside the temple

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 jumping around

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 and praising God?

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 And Luke,

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 remember he's

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 the author of this book,

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 is a doctor,

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 a physician by trade.

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 And the words

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 that he uses here

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 for ankle and feet

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 are technical medical terms

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 that are never used

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 in scripture beside here.

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 It's something

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 that only Luke

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 could have written.

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 It's like saying,

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 you know,

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 immediately his talus

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 and tibia and fibula

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 were made strong.

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 It's like technical terms.

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 I don't even know

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 what they are.

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 I knew when I looked it up

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 when I looked it up.

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 And Luke,

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 as a physician,

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 understands well

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 that this kind of thing

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 doesn't just happen.

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 From the ancient world

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 to the modern age,

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 people who are lame

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 from birth

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 have been considered

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 beyond healing.

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 Hippocrates,

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 the 5th century B.C.

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 Greek physician,

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 often called

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 the father of medicine,

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 lists lameness

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 as an incurable condition

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 in his book

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 on diseases.

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 The renowned

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 2nd century A.D.

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 Roman physician Galen

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 wrote,

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 some things

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 are naturally impossible

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 and the healing god

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 Asclepius

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 does not attempt

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 these things at all

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 but chooses from among

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 the possible

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 what is best to be done.

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 People in the ancient world

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 knew well,

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 just as well as we do,

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 that lame people

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 do not start walking

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 and yet that is exactly

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 what happened

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 by the power of God.

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 And like a man

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 who doesn't quite know

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 the new strength

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 that he now has

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 in his feet,

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 this man puts some weight

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 on his feet

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 and then he leaps up

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 from the ground.

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 And the verb leap,

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 which is repeated

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 twice in verse 8,

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 is the same word

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 that's used

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 in the Greek translation

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 of the prophecy

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 in Isaiah 35 verse 6,

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 which says that

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 when the glory of the Lord

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 is revealed

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 and when God's people

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 are restored to Zion

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 in the last days,

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 it says,

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 then shall the lame man

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 leap like a deer

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 and the tongue

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 of the mute

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 sing for joy.

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 So Jesus,

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 the promised messianic king,

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 fulfilled this prophecy

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 during his earthly ministry

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 and now through his apostles

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:29.379
 as the prophetic heirs

00:17:29.379 --> 00:17:30.359
 of Jesus' ministry,

00:17:30.459 --> 00:17:32.000
 the apostles are continuing

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.359
 to do the same work

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 and making the lame

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 leap like a deer.

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 This is a clear demonstration

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:38.279
 of the powerful name

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 of Jesus.

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 The same power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 now resides in us

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 and we are called

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 to demonstrate

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.920
 this powerful name

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 of Jesus

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 in our lives.

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 Do you trust

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 that God can

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.799
 and will demonstrate

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.880
 his power

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.600
 in you

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 and through you?

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.680
 John Wimber

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 was a self-described

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 quote,

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 beer-guzzling,

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.059
 drug-abusing

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:05.019
 pop musician,

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.500
 a pianist

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.900
 and singer

00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.940
 for the Righteous Brothers,

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 two of whose members

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:10.299
 were eventually inducted

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:11.019
 to the Rock and Roll

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.660
 Hall of Fame.

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 But more importantly,

00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.400
 John Wimber

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.220
 was converted

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 at the age of 29

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 quote,

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 while chain-smoking

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:18.840
 his way

00:18:18.840 --> 00:18:19.740
 through a Quaker-led

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.360
 Bible study.

00:18:23.040 --> 00:18:24.180
 After his conversion,

00:18:24.540 --> 00:18:25.420
 Wimber had a voracious

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.880
 appetite for the scriptures

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:28.040
 and spent many hours

00:18:28.040 --> 00:18:28.580
 poring over

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 especially the gospel accounts

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 of the life

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 and ministry of Jesus.

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 And when he and his wife

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 Carol visited a church

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 early in his spiritual journey,

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.820
 John approached the pastor

00:18:37.820 --> 00:18:38.640
 after the service

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 and asked him,

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 hey, so when do we

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 do the stuff?

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 To which the pastor

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 replied,

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.440
 the stuff.

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.460
 What's the stuff?

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 You know,

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 John continued,

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.220
 the stuff in the Bible.

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 Like healing the sick,

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 casting out demons,

00:18:56.040 --> 00:18:56.660
 the stuff.

00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:57.980
 Oh,

00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.520
 the well-meaning

00:18:59.520 --> 00:19:00.640
 but mistaken pastor

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.080
 replied,

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.960
 oh, we don't do the stuff.

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.940
 We believe they did it

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:06.520
 back in biblical days,

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:08.460
 but we don't do it today.

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:12.940
 With a rather confused

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.759
 look on his face,

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.799
 John thought to himself,

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.019
 well,

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.180
 and I gave up drugs

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:16.660
 for this?

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.600
 This is his own telling.

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.799
 I'm not making stuff up here.

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 And many of us,

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.660
 like that pastor,

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:25.519
 we rationalize away

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.559
 our disobedience

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.400
 when scripture commands us

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:32.160
 to pray for healing.

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:37.400
 Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12,

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.480
 27 to 28,

00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:40.480
 now you are the body of Christ

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 and individually members of it,

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.800
 and God has appointed

00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:44.360
 in the church

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:45.200
 first apostles,

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.100
 second prophets,

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.840
 third teachers,

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.100
 then miracles,

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.700
 then gifts of healing,

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 helping,

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.140
 administrating

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.500
 in various kinds of tongues.

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.580
 The apostles,

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 prophets,

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.660
 and teachers

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 are ordered numerically,

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 first,

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 second,

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 and third,

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 because that's the usual order

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.579
 by which God establishes churches.

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.559
 First,

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.680
 apostles are sent out

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.400
 into new areas

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.940
 where the gospel

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.839
 has not been proclaimed,

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.120
 and then the prophets

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:08.579
 and their close associates,

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.339
 evangelists,

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.120
 mentioned together

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.180
 in Ephesians 4, 11,

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.680
 they reveal God's will

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.279
 and proclaim

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.200
 the good news

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.000
 of Jesus Christ.

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.279
 And then teachers

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 and their close associates,

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 shepherds,

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 also mentioned

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.620
 in Ephesians 4, 11,

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 they teach and guide people

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 in the whole counsel of God.

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 But these are not

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:25.160
 the only gifts

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.819
 that God gives

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.400
 to the church.

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.860
 God also gives miracles,

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.960
 gifts of healing,

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.860
 helping,

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 administrating.

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 This verse

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 hopefully reorients us

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 because we tend to think

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 of helping

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:38.400
 and administrating

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 as ordinary,

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.660
 mundane gifts,

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 but according to Scripture,

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 they are just as much

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.500
 gifts of the Holy Spirit

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.400
 as miracles

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.220
 and gifts of healing.

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 They are spiritual gifts.

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.940
 But not only that,

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.620
 we tend to expect

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.660
 gifts of helping

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.360
 and administrating

00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:55.920
 in the church.

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.240
 Oh, she has

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.620
 the gift of help,

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 he has the gift

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 of administrating.

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 But we don't tend

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:03.379
 to expect miracles

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.240
 and gifts of healing.

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 And that's unbiblical too.

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 God continues

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.939
 to give these gifts

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 to the church

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 and we see

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.579
 many such signs

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:14.899
 and wonders

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 throughout the book

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 of Acts.

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 Even if you don't play

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 any video games,

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 you probably know

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 something about

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 the classic

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 Super Mario Brothers

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 arcade game.

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 You guys know

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 what I'm talking about?

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 Yeah.

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 Daniel.

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 So normally,

00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:39.339
 normally Mario

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.819
 needs to take care

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 not to touch

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:41.899
 the animals

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:42.339
 that come out

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 of the sewer.

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 but when the star power,

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.680
 you guys know

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.339
 what I'm talking about,

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.759
 enters Mario,

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.480
 right?

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 He becomes

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 invulnerable

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 to these enemies,

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 right?

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 And so,

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.140
 when that happens,

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.720
 you know,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.640
 Mario has powers

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.319
 that he could never

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.000
 otherwise dream

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.559
 of wielding.

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 And it would be

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.559
 a waste

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.460
 of that star power

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.960
 if Mario

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.019
 continues to move around

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.620
 and jump around

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.240
 and run away

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.440
 from these sewer animals

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.480
 while he had

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.039
 the star power.

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 I almost feel

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.440
 irreverent

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.380
 using such a trivial

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.839
 illustration

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.420
 to describe

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 something so magnificent.

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 But Christians

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.579
 have been

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.859
 permanently indwelled

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:25.420
 by the spirit

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.900
 of the living God.

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 We have access

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.519
 to the power

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.259
 of the God

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.079
 who created

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 the cosmos.

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 And yet,

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.480
 so many of us

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:40.140
 live powerless lives

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.759
 and act like

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 our lives

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.119
 are no different

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:43.440
 from when

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.680
 we didn't know

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.579
 the Lord Jesus,

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.859
 from when we

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.420
 didn't have

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.240
 the spirit of God

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.920
 indwelling us,

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 and that's

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.440
 not right.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 let's live

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 according to

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.059
 what scripture

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 says is the reality.

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 And let scripture

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.539
 dictate what we seek

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:06.019
 and not our experience.

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.259
 Keep in step

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.059
 with the Holy Spirit.

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.940
 Let's not demean

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.720
 the spirit's power

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.460
 by expecting

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.399
 so little of him

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:13.639
 and pray to be

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.200
 filled more

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.940
 with the Holy Spirit

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.099
 and use his power

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:18.220
 and believe that

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.179
 God will powerfully

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.819
 use us

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.879
 to proclaim

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.579
 his good news

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.639
 and to demonstrate

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:25.319
 his good news

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:27.559
 by doing good works.

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 But note well

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.859
 that the healing

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.519
 is not the end

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.039
 of the story.

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 It's only the beginning.

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 Look at verse 8

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 with me.

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 The previously lame man

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.819
 knowing that he was

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.500
 a beneficiary

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.419
 of a powerful work

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.799
 of God,

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.719
 he doesn't go home.

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:40.939
 Instead,

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.739
 it says he enters

00:23:41.739 --> 00:23:42.559
 the temple

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.699
 with Peter and John

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:46.739
 walking and leaping

00:23:46.739 --> 00:23:48.000
 and praising God.

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.739
 This is a picture

00:23:49.739 --> 00:23:50.599
 of this man's

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.659
 spiritual restoration.

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.299
 As we see

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.099
 in John 9,

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.579
 1-2,

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.699
 there was a stigma

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:57.419
 against people

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.899
 who were disabled

00:23:58.899 --> 00:23:59.639
 from birth.

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 Jews assumed

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.559
 that some terrible sin

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.379
 must have been committed

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:06.139
 by his parents

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.619
 or someone else

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.720
 to make someone

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.059
 be born with

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.000
 deformities

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.839
 or disabilities.

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.759
 And Leviticus 21,

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.779
 18 stipulated

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.019
 concerning priests

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.259
 that no one

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.200
 who has a blemish

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.980
 shall draw near,

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:21.079
 a man blind

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.240
 or lame,

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.579
 or one who has

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.500
 a mutilated face

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.700
 or limb too long.

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.440
 This commandment,

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.339
 which was intended

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.940
 to communicate

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.319
 the holiness of God,

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.859
 the perfections of God,

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.759
 applied only to priests

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.199
 who were offering sacrifices

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:37.359
 and it didn't prevent

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.119
 lame people

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.939
 from entering

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.859
 the temple in general.

00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.159
 However,

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.419
 later,

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.579
 extra-biblical

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.819
 Jewish traditions

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.879
 that developed

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:47.419
 and the collection

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.740
 of Jewish legal writings

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.899
 known as the Mishnah

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:51.740
 did explicitly

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.839
 prevent

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.699
 lame people

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.500
 from entering

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.939
 the temple.

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.979
 They were allowed

00:24:57.979 --> 00:24:59.059
 in the temple complex

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.599
 but not inside

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.679
 the temple proper.

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:03.259
 And so then

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.120
 this man,

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.400
 lame from birth,

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.480
 had been begging

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.759
 daily at the gate

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.940
 of the temple

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:10.100
 for what is likely

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.820
 decades

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:12.220
 but never able

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.860
 to enter

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.580
 into the temple

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.560
 to offer

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:15.360
 the burnt offering,

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.200
 to pray.

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.700
 And after being healed,

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.680
 where else does he go

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.380
 but straight

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.060
 into the temple

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:22.600
 with Peter and John

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.380
 walking

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.420
 and leaping

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.880
 and praising God.

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:29.640
 that's what's possible

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.540
 by the powerful name

00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:31.020
 of Jesus.

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.880
 And that brings me

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.700
 to my second point.

00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:37.480
 We should not only

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.700
 demonstrate

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:40.280
 but also proclaim

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:41.040
 this name

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:42.160
 of Jesus.

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:43.420
 Later in Acts chapter 4

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.080
 verse 22,

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.800
 Luke calls

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.600
 the healing

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.580
 of the lame man

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:48.200
 a sign of healing.

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.300
 There's a reason

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:51.080
 why the Bible

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:52.120
 consistently

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:53.600
 calls such miracles

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.299
 signs.

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.639
 It's because

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:57.079
 they signify something.

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.559
 Because they point

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.299
 to something

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.139
 of the person

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.919
 and work

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.719
 of Jesus Christ,

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.419
 the gospel,

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.399
 the saving news

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:04.219
 of Jesus Christ.

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.119
 To fixate

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.079
 on the sign

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.959
 and not on Jesus

00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:10.519
 is like being

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.240
 too busy

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.459
 staring at the sign

00:26:12.459 --> 00:26:13.039
 on the highway

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.719
 that you actually

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:14.719
 missed your exit.

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.319
 The sign is there

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.399
 to point you

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:20.639
 in the right direction,

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.359
 not to distract you.

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:26.000
 And that's exactly

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.679
 what Peter does

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.439
 in the following verses.

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.599
 He brings the attention,

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.659
 the focus

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.779
 to Jesus.

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.299
 It says in verses

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.079
 11 to 12,

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.919
 while he clung

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:35.279
 to Peter and John,

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.079
 all the people

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.959
 utterly astounded

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:38.139
 ran together to them

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.699
 in the portico

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.639
 called Solomon's.

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.059
 And when Peter saw it,

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.199
 he addressed the people.

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.459
 Men of Israel,

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.500
 why do you wonder

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.039
 at this?

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.019
 Or why do you stare

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.419
 at us?

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.439
 As though by our own

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.259
 power or piety

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.439
 we have made him walk.

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:52.539
 The formerly lay man

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.140
 clung to Peter and John

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.960
 and all the people,

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.340
 he says.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.880
 And noticing this healed man,

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.200
 people flock

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.340
 to Peter and John.

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.460
 The portico

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.039
 is basically

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.160
 an extended porch.

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.840
 It has a roof,

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.660
 but it's a colonnade.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.779
 It's open on the sides,

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.480
 but it has a roof

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.000
 on the top.

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.580
 It offers shelter

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.180
 from the elements,

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.340
 but because it wasn't

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.160
 completely enclosed,

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:11.940
 it could accommodate

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.720
 a lot of people,

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.160
 large crowds.

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.559
 And seeing an opportunity

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.880
 to proclaim the gospel here,

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.000
 Peter addresses the crowd,

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.100
 but the first thing

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.900
 he says is,

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.220
 why do you wonder

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.760
 at this?

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.660
 Why do you stare at us

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.720
 as though by our own

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.560
 power or piety

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.540
 we have made him walk?

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:31.120
 The healing of a man

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:32.640
 lame from birth

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.260
 would be a wondrous thing

00:27:34.260 --> 00:27:35.660
 indeed if humans

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.840
 by their own power

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.760
 or piety did it.

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.200
 That would be amazing.

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.740
 But if God did it,

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.760
 then it's nothing

00:27:43.760 --> 00:27:44.660
 to wonder about.

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:49.920
 Our society is obsessed

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.280
 with self-promotion

00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:51.880
 and celebrity.

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.760
 But as Christians,

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:55.280
 we have to take our cues

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:56.160
 from Scripture

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.620
 and not from the culture.

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:01.360
 Instead of being preoccupied

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.060
 with making much

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.700
 of ourselves,

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:05.500
 praising our athleticism,

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:07.420
 praising our intellect,

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.300
 our ingenuity,

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.040
 our beauty,

00:28:09.540 --> 00:28:10.460
 our capability,

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.460
 our righteousness,

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.360
 our power,

00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.500
 our piety,

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.320
 we ought to be preoccupied

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:16.540
 with making much of God

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.659
 in God's wisdom,

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.940
 God's righteousness,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.299
 and God's mercy,

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.680
 and God's power.

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.259
 It would have been

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.099
 so easy.

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.700
 And I would have been

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.500
 sorely tempted

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:34.240
 if I were Peter and John

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.079
 to bring attention

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.819
 to myself.

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:42.000
 Men of Israel,

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:44.339
 well,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.980
 we do spend

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.980
 quite a bit of time

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.839
 praying every day.

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.660
 I mean,

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.500
 I did spend

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.720
 several years

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.359
 with Jesus.

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.680
 But they don't do that.

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:09.380
 they insist

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:11.180
 that it's not

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.460
 by their own power

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.940
 or pie

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:14.840
 that the lame man

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.759
 was made to walk.

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.920
 It's so beautiful

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.700
 what they do

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.740
 here.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.500
 Something I struggle

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.460
 with in my own life.

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.960
 We should have

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:35.100
 this deep desire

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.919
 desire to be hidden

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.859
 behind the glory

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.339
 of God

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:41.980
 to bring all glory

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.439
 to Him.

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.619
 No matter how fine

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.219
 an instrument

00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:51.379
 might be,

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.939
 without a musician

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.839
 to play it,

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.500
 he cannot play

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.179
 a single note

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.639
 of music.

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.159
 It's the musician

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:59.439
 who deserves

00:29:59.439 --> 00:29:59.919
 the credit

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:01.019
 for beautiful music.

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.559
 Likewise,

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.200
 though God

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.399
 used Peter

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.940
 and John

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.579
 to heal

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.319
 the lame man,

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.259
 they are mere

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.079
 instruments.

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.720
 And it is God

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.179
 who deserves

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.879
 all the glory.

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.799
 Peter then

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.240
 explains

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.379
 more specifically

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.179
 in verses 13

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.559
 and 15

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.940
 that it was

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.659
 by the power

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.099
 of the name

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.639
 of Jesus

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.599
 that the lame man

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.139
 was healed.

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.399
 And he begins

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.119
 by establishing

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.819
 common ground

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.500
 with his Jewish

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.220
 brethren,

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:27.899
 but then takes

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.960
 a sharp torn Jesus.

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.359
 He says,

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.619
 the God of Abraham,

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.500
 the God of Isaac,

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.419
 and the God of Jacob,

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:34.099
 the God of our fathers,

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.480
 glorified his servant

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.960
 Jesus,

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.240
 whom you delivered

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.000
 over and denied

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.480
 in the presence

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.099
 of Pilate.

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.319
 And when he had

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.740
 decided to release him,

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.679
 but you denied

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.619
 the holy and righteous

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.460
 one and asked

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.960
 for a murderer

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.480
 to be granted

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.940
 to you,

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.220
 and you killed

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.139
 the author of life

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:52.039
 whom God raised

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.679
 from the dead.

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.980
 To this,

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.779
 we are witnesses.

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.259
 The phrase

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.539
 glorified his servant

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.139
 is an allusion

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:59.339
 to the servant songs

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.319
 in the book of Isaiah.

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.879
 In particular,

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.879
 Isaiah 52,

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.599
 verse 13,

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.319
 to 53,

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.179
 verse 12,

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.659
 which is the only place

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.279
 in the Old Testament

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.220
 where those two words,

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.259
 glorify and servant,

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.099
 occur together,

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.460
 are combined.

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.679
 That passage begins

00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:14.619
 with God saying this,

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.059
 Behold,

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.939
 my servant

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:17.159
 shall act wisely.

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.500
 He shall be high

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.379
 and lifted up

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:20.740
 and shall be exalted

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.859
 or glorified.

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.460
 But the path

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.119
 of this servant

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.460
 of the Lord's glorification

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.960
 goes through humiliation.

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.660
 As it says

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.440
 in the following verses

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.319
 in Isaiah 53,

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.319
 verses 3 to 5,

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:33.420
 He was despised

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.600
 and rejected by men,

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.740
 a man of sorrows

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:37.059
 and acquainted with grief.

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.259
 And as one

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.160
 from whom men

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.180
 hide their faces,

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.460
 He was despised

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.940
 and we esteemed Him not.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.819
 Surely He has borne

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.480
 our griefs

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.579
 and carried our sorrows,

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.920
 yet we esteemed Him

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.360
 stricken,

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.319
 smitten by God

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.039
 and afflicted.

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.460
 But He was pierced

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.539
 for our transgressions.

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.559
 He was crushed

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.600
 for our iniquities.

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.720
 Upon Him

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.720
 was the chastisement

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.640
 that brought us peace

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.539
 and with His wounds

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.940
 we are healed.

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:04.079
 The glorious Son of God,

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.360
 the heir of God Almighty,

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.140
 humbled Himself

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.420
 by taking the form

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.980
 of a servant,

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:10.140
 being born in the likeness

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.519
 of man

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.220
 and being found

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.180
 in human form,

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.319
 He humbled Himself

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.279
 by becoming obedient

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.880
 to death,

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.680
 even death on a cross,

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.680
 and therefore God

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.299
 exalted Him

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.279
 to the highest place

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.299
 above every name.

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:23.100
 This is the beautiful paradox

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.680
 of the gospel

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.500
 of Jesus Christ.

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.240
 And note the contrast

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.980
 between the actions

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.980
 of God on the one hand

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.440
 and the actions

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.000
 of the Jews

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.440
 on the other

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.759
 in verses 13 to 15.

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.680
 God glorified

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.420
 His servant Jesus,

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.039
 but you delivered Him

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.000
 over and denied Him,

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.079
 despite the fact

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.920
 that even Pilate

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.759
 wanted to release Him.

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.559
 You killed the author

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.000
 of life,

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.720
 but God raised Him

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.440
 from the dead.

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.980
 He whom God Himself

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:47.900
 honored and glorified,

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:49.460
 the Holy and Righteous One,

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.579
 we mere humans,

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.599
 delivered over

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.799
 to die on the cross

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.500
 like a piece of trash,

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.579
 like a low-life criminal.

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.680
 He whom God Himself

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.379
 chose and anointed,

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.319
 we denied Him.

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.519
 He whom God

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.839
 would raise from the dead,

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.960
 we by our sins

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.019
 killed Him.

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.259
 How dare we?

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.559
 And yet,

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.639
 that's what we did.

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.920
 And the Holy One

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.620
 and Righteous One

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.259
 are both titles

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.060
 that are given to God

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:21.040
 throughout the Old Testament,

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.080
 especially in the book of Isaiah.

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.380
 And interestingly,

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:25.240
 both of those terms

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.980
 are also used

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.660
 to refer to the promised Messiah.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:30.200
 Isaiah 53, 11 says,

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.960
 By His knowledge

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.259
 shall the Righteous One,

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.080
 My servant,

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.160
 make many

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.400
 to be accounted righteous,

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.840
 and He shall bear

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.960
 their iniquities.

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:41.100
 It's precisely because

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:43.180
 Jesus is the Righteous One

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:45.100
 that He's able to make us

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.719
 to be accounted righteous.

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:50.139
 If He were guilty of sin

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.399
 and deserving of death

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:52.500
 like we are,

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.279
 His death would have been

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:56.519
 insignificant and inefficacious.

00:33:58.159 --> 00:34:00.139
 But because the innocent one

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.980
 died in the place

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.759
 of guilty sinners,

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.679
 because the righteous one

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:04.519
 died in the place

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.539
 of the unrighteous,

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:07.219
 our penalty is paid

00:34:07.219 --> 00:34:09.900
 and we are counted righteous.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.179
 Instead of the death

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.099
 that we deserved,

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:14.779
 we receive life eternal

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:16.060
 because we killed

00:34:16.060 --> 00:34:17.160
 the author of life,

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:19.420
 the source of life Himself.

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.740
 But God raised Him

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.420
 from the dead.

00:34:25.060 --> 00:34:26.420
 The word translated

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.240
 author here,

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.220
 we saw this earlier

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:29.700
 in the assurance of pardon

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.580
 from Hebrews 12

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:32.300
 when it describes Jesus

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.220
 as the founder

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:35.100
 of our faith.

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.560
 It's the same word,

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.780
 the author of our faith.

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.860
 We see that in Hebrews 2, 10 as well,

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.580
 the founder

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:42.319
 or the author of salvation.

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.779
 Later in Acts 5, 31,

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.039
 the same word is translated

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.759
 as leader

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.559
 to refer to Jesus

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.819
 as the one who leads

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.759
 the charge.

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.420
 Jesus is the one

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.299
 who initiates.

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.199
 He's the author

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.119
 and the pioneer

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.900
 of our salvation and faith.

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.679
 This is why later

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:01.019
 in Acts 26, 23,

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.000
 Paul calls Jesus

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.099
 the first to rise

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.659
 from the dead.

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.980
 Jesus is the firstborn

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.559
 from the dead

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.000
 who imparts eternal life

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.199
 to those who follow

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.860
 in His footsteps.

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.420
 That's how He is

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.500
 the pioneer of life,

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.559
 the author of life.

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.659
 And it's by the name

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.539
 of this glorified servant Jesus

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.460
 that the lame man

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.880
 was healed.

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.800
 Look at what Peter says

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.460
 in verse 16.

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.340
 And His name,

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.880
 by faith in His name,

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.380
 has made this man strong

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.360
 whom you see and know.

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.500
 And the faith

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.460
 that is through Jesus

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.300
 has given the man

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.420
 this perfect health

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.800
 in the presence of you all.

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:38.060
 Just as the person

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:39.320
 and work of Jesus Christ

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.180
 is the grounds

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:41.740
 for our forgiveness of sins,

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:43.160
 the person and work

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.820
 of Jesus Christ

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:45.140
 is also the grounds

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:46.300
 for our healing

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:47.160
 from sickness.

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:51.120
 Matthew 8, 16-17

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:52.760
 make precisely this point

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.620
 by quoting from

00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:54.660
 the Servant Song of Isaiah.

00:35:56.060 --> 00:35:56.840
 That evening,

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.640
 they brought to Him

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.519
 many who were oppressed

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.100
 by demons,

00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:00.380
 and He cast out the spirits

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.960
 with a word

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.740
 and He healed all

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.440
 who were sick.

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:04.980
 This was to fulfill

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.800
 what was spoken

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.960
 by the prophet Isaiah.

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.800
 He took our illnesses

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:10.460
 and bore our diseases.

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:15.599
 This is a paraphrase

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.200
 or a loose citation

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:19.460
 of Isaiah 53, verse 5,

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.980
 where it says,

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.900
 by His wounds

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.679
 we are healed.

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:26.400
 Sin, sickness, and death

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.519
 are wrapped up together

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:29.940
 and are all characteristics

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.079
 of a fallen creation

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:32.539
 that is groaning for redemption.

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.199
 And the life, death,

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.319
 and resurrection of Jesus

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:37.279
 is the basis for healing.

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.480
 So Peter is here

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.360
 calling his audience

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.460
 to faith in Jesus.

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.460
 You seem quite enthusiastic

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.960
 about this sign of healing,

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:50.079
 but you were not so enthused

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:51.400
 about Jesus last month

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.179
 when you killed Him.

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.340
 But it is precisely

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:56.380
 by the name of this same Jesus

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.299
 that you killed

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.259
 that this healing

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.239
 has taken place.

00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.859
 And this miracle

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.899
 is proof that Jesus

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:03.099
 has been raised from the dead

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:04.179
 and is ascended to the heaven

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.399
 as the Lord over all.

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:07.819
 And now you must turn to Him

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:10.019
 and trust Him for salvation.

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.939
 That's the main point

00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:13.659
 of Peter's sermon

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.979
 in Luke 3 and 4,

00:37:15.979 --> 00:37:16.839
 Acts 3 and 4.

00:37:17.979 --> 00:37:19.599
 The powerful name of Jesus

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:21.099
 must be believed in

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:22.439
 and appropriated by faith.

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.259
 Peter emphasized that,

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.779
 and His name,

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:26.299
 by faith in His name.

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:29.220
 And the faith that is through Jesus

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.960
 has given this man

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.860
 perfect health.

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.080
 Faith was the means

00:37:33.080 --> 00:37:34.340
 by which the power of Christ

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:35.160
 was appropriated

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:36.140
 for healing.

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.160
 Most likely here,

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:40.039
 it's the faith of the lame man

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.840
 that is intended,

00:37:41.560 --> 00:37:43.460
 not the faith of Peter and John.

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:46.660
 This is confirmed later

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.840
 in Acts chapter 14,

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.840
 verses 8 to 10,

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:51.220
 by another very similar account

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.640
 of healing.

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.900
 There Paul encounters

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.539
 a lame man

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.679
 who was crippled from birth

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:57.000
 and had never walked.

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.019
 And it says,

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.960
 Paul, looking intently at him

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:02.219
 and seeing that he had faith

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.239
 to be made well,

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:05.360
 said in a loud voice,

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.259
 stand upright on your feet.

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.420
 And he sprang up

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.199
 and began walking.

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:13.039
 Paul perceived prophetically

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.340
 that this lame man

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.659
 had faith to be healed.

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.800
 And Peter may have had

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.539
 similar insight.

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.119
 We don't know.

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.119
 It doesn't tell us.

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:22.039
 But the point Peter is making

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:23.199
 when he says that faith

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.059
 in his name has made

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.139
 this man strong

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.679
 is that just as this lame man

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.460
 was healed by putting

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.359
 his faith in Jesus,

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:30.619
 you too should put your faith

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.480
 in Jesus' name.

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.899
 If Peter were pointing out

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:36.599
 the great faith that he had

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.699
 that enabled him

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:39.359
 to heal this man,

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.919
 it would contradict the spirit

00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:41.819
 of what he just said

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.460
 in verse 12.

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.779
 When he said,

00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:44.439
 Men of Israel,

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.559
 why do you wonder at this

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.759
 or why do you stare at us

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:48.059
 as though by our own power

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.500
 or piety we have made him walk?

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.719
 It was not Peter's power

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.719
 or piety that made

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.559
 this man walk.

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.920
 Peter's faith is assumed.

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.119
 In fact,

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:58.820
 we can't sincerely pray

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.760
 for God's healing

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.800
 unless we have faith

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.739
 that God can heal.

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:04.960
 It's not a remarkable thing

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:06.079
 for Christians to believe

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.940
 that God can heal.

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.500
 After all,

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.840
 we believe in the God

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.760
 who raises the dead.

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.840
 It's the lame man's faith

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.460
 that is in view.

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:19.159
 Peter commanded the cripple

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:20.260
 to rise up and walk

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:21.159
 in the name of Jesus,

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.860
 but the name of Jesus

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:24.860
 is not some incantation

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.880
 or magical formula

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.840
 that affixed to an end

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.280
 of a sentence

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.340
 to make things happen.

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:30.039
 The cripple would have

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:31.420
 received no healing

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.780
 had he not responded

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:34.599
 in faith to what Peter said

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:36.079
 by putting weight on his feet

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:37.099
 and standing up.

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.480
 Faith is important.

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:47.340
 This role of faith

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.400
 is helpfully illustrated

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.599
 in the Gospel of Mark.

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.720
 In Mark chapter 9,

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:57.539
 the father of a boy

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:59.619
 who is demon-possessed

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.960
 and is having seizures,

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:03.480
 he asks Jesus,

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:05.300
 if you can do anything,

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.579
 have compassion on us

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.639
 and help us.

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.139
 To which Jesus replies,

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.820
 if you can,

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.360
 all things are possible

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.260
 for one who believes.

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.119
 And now here,

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:18.059
 Jesus is not talking

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.760
 about his faith.

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.179
 He's not saying,

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.139
 all things are possible

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.500
 for me because I believe.

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:24.039
 No, he's saying,

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.559
 telling the boy's father

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.360
 to believe

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.639
 because he's not satisfied

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.920
 with if you can

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.159
 because that's not exactly

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.960
 a vote of confidence.

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.480
 He says,

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.119
 if you can,

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:36.720
 of course I can.

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.659
 All things are possible

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.720
 for one who believes.

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.220
 Jesus is challenging

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:41.320
 the father of the child

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.079
 to have greater faith,

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:43.019
 which is why the father

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:44.099
 responds by saying,

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.079
 I believe.

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:47.340
 Help my unbelief.

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.960
 And Jesus immediately

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.780
 casts the demon out.

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.619
 Now contrast that

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.420
 with Jesus' interaction

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.039
 with the leper

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.519
 in Mark 1, 40 to 42.

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:56.039
 The leper comes to him

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.699
 imploring him

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.119
 and he says,

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.559
 if you will,

00:40:59.019 --> 00:41:00.880
 you can make me clean.

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:04.000
 Now that's a prayer of faith.

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.800
 Not if you can,

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.780
 but if you will,

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.320
 you can.

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:09.139
 So Jesus' response to him

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.820
 is very different.

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.199
 He says,

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.039
 move to pity.

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.659
 Jesus stretched out his hand

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.159
 and touched him

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.739
 and said to him,

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:16.119
 I will be clean.

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:18.500
 When it comes to Jesus'

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.539
 power to heal,

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.800
 it's not a question of ability,

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.519
 but a question of willingness.

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:25.519
 This is why at the end

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.420
 of Matthew 13, 53, 58,

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.900
 it says that Jesus did not

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:30.279
 do many mighty works there

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:32.779
 because of their unbelief.

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:37.280
 Because these miracles

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.500
 are supposed to be signs

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.519
 that point to Jesus,

00:41:40.240 --> 00:41:41.460
 Jesus doesn't perform

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:42.420
 these miracles

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:44.220
 for people who have no faith,

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:47.140
 for people who are not

00:41:47.140 --> 00:41:48.140
 interested genuinely

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:49.080
 in believing in him,

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.380
 but are simply looking

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:51.500
 to use him like a genie

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:51.940
 in a bottle.

00:41:58.560 --> 00:41:59.920
 But we have to take care

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.660
 not to use this

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.960
 to bludgeon Christians

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:05.119
 who have genuine faith

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.659
 in Christ

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:07.199
 and earnestly seek healing

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.179
 yet are not healed.

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:10.199
 Because there are people

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.679
 like that.

00:42:10.879 --> 00:42:11.679
 We have people like that

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.179
 in our church.

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.599
 We shouldn't blame them

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.879
 for not having enough faith

00:42:17.879 --> 00:42:18.480
 to be healed

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.779
 because that's a totally

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:20.759
 different situation.

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:23.559
 God doesn't heal

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:25.039
 every bodily ailment.

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.879
 Even the Apostle Paul

00:42:28.879 --> 00:42:29.779
 who was used by God

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.519
 to heal many,

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:33.519
 says in Galatians chapter 4,

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.199
 12 to 20,

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:38.800
 that he had a bodily ailment

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.739
 that he was afflicted with

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.759
 that the Galatian believers

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.699
 had to attend to.

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:44.119
 He also mentions

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:45.139
 a thorn was given him

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.639
 in the flesh

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:47.400
 in 2 Corinthians 12.

00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:50.019
 We don't know exactly

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:51.239
 what this thorn in the flesh is,

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:53.800
 but most people speculate

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.960
 that it was some kind

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.900
 of bodily ailment

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.800
 because he describes it

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.320
 as something that's

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:58.259
 in the flesh.

00:42:58.260 --> 00:43:00.840
 But the fact that God

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:02.240
 does not heal everyone

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:03.260
 should not make us

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:04.760
 stop praying for healing.

00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:06.600
 In the same way,

00:43:06.680 --> 00:43:07.320
 the fact that God

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:09.000
 does not save everyone

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.080
 should not make us

00:43:10.080 --> 00:43:11.680
 stop praying for people's salvation.

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:16.640
 As John Wimber used to say,

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.920
 I'd rather pray for

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:19.160
 1,000 people,

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.980
 even if only one gets healed,

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:22.660
 than not to pray for any

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:23.719
 and none gets healed.

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.779
 And please note that,

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:30.319
 and I thought this might be helpful

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:32.420
 for us as we're

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:35.039
 talking about

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.779
 it's getting into

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:37.659
 people getting vaccinated

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:38.000
 and whatnot.

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:39.659
 I'm not saying that

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.859
 by saying we should pray

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.379
 for healing

00:43:41.379 --> 00:43:43.119
 that God

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:44.519
 doesn't use other means.

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:49.500
 God does use medicines

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.000
 and doctors

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:51.239
 to bring healing as well.

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:52.519
 1 Timothy 5.23

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.059
 where Paul

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.879
 enjoins Timothy

00:43:53.879 --> 00:43:54.599
 says,

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:56.059
 no longer drink only water

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:57.139
 but use a little wine

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:58.539
 for the sake of your stomach

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.779
 and your frequent ailments.

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:02.099
 Paul's telling Timothy,

00:44:02.299 --> 00:44:02.399
 hey,

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:04.019
 you have stomach ailments

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.719
 from drinking

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.719
 unclean water.

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:07.079
 It's okay to drink

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.619
 some wine

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.519
 from time to time.

00:44:10.939 --> 00:44:11.679
 In fact,

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:12.439
 Paul traveled

00:44:12.439 --> 00:44:13.339
 on his missionary journeys

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:14.119
 with a doctor

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:15.219
 named Luke.

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:19.839
 And in Joshua 5.10-12

00:44:19.839 --> 00:44:20.679
 after the Israelites

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:22.039
 finally crossed the wilderness

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:23.399
 and entered the promised land,

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:25.019
 they celebrate the Passover

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:26.219
 and it says there,

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.839
 the day after the Passover,

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:29.059
 on that very day,

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:30.199
 they ate of the produce

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.859
 of the land,

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:32.000
 unleavened cakes

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.939
 and parched grain.

00:44:33.339 --> 00:44:34.879
 And the manna seized

00:44:34.879 --> 00:44:36.259
 the day after they ate

00:44:36.259 --> 00:44:37.480
 of the produce of the land.

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:39.219
 And there was no longer manna

00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:40.239
 for the people of Israel,

00:44:40.459 --> 00:44:41.679
 but they ate of the fruit

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.779
 of the land of Canaan

00:44:42.779 --> 00:44:43.379
 that year.

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:45.780
 This is because

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.880
 God can provide

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.760
 supernaturally

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:48.960
 by raining bread

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.460
 from heaven

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:50.579
 as He did for the Israelites

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:51.460
 when they were in the wilderness,

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:53.200
 but He can also provide

00:44:53.200 --> 00:44:53.800
 naturally

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:55.820
 by raining rain

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:56.480
 from heaven

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:57.840
 so that they can farm

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:59.220
 and produce fruits

00:44:59.220 --> 00:45:00.019
 that they could eat.

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:04.480
 And God deserves

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.280
 the credit for both.

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:08.140
 Whether you make

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:08.960
 the blind see

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:10.079
 by the miraculous power

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.559
 of God

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:11.700
 or make the blind see

00:45:11.700 --> 00:45:13.240
 by doing cataract surgeries

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:14.219
 on people's eyes,

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:16.199
 using the knowledge

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.419
 that God has granted you

00:45:17.419 --> 00:45:18.500
 in the means of healing

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.339
 that God has embedded

00:45:19.339 --> 00:45:20.479
 in the principles of nature,

00:45:20.859 --> 00:45:22.239
 you're both doing good work

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:23.299
 and you can do it

00:45:23.299 --> 00:45:23.899
 for His glory.

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:28.219
 To use a recent example

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:29.079
 that might be on your mind,

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:30.679
 God can protect you

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:32.119
 and heal you

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:33.179
 supernaturally

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.719
 from COVID.

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.039
 There's no question

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.500
 about that.

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:39.960
 but God can also

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.699
 protect you

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:42.139
 by using people

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.840
 that He has given

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.940
 knowledge and insight to

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:45.179
 in order to develop vaccines.

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:49.619
 There's nothing wrong

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.960
 with using these human means

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.980
 provided that the vaccines

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.780
 were not developed

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:53.519
 or procured

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:54.739
 through immoral means.

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:58.699
 With all that said,

00:45:58.900 --> 00:46:00.260
 we still need to ask ourselves

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:02.940
 where our ultimate trust lies.

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:07.980
 In our part of the world,

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:09.800
 it's easy to idolize science

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:11.159
 and human intelligence

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:13.179
 and put our faith in them.

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.840
 The popular slogan,

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:17.079
 science will win,

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:18.559
 captures the sentiment.

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:22.340
 With all due respect,

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:23.599
 science does not win.

00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:27.740
 Every doctor gets sick.

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:31.099
 Every scientist will die.

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:33.239
 If not from COVID,

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.599
 from something else.

00:46:35.939 --> 00:46:37.659
 It's Christ who wins

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.359
 in the end.

00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:44.639
 Life and death

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.279
 are ultimately

00:46:45.279 --> 00:46:46.500
 in God's hands,

00:46:46.779 --> 00:46:47.679
 not ours.

00:46:49.259 --> 00:46:50.599
 And this is very important

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:51.299
 for us to remember.

00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:53.139
 There is a difference

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:55.139
 between trusting God

00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:56.739
 to provide through people

00:46:56.739 --> 00:46:59.219
 and trusting people

00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:00.719
 in the place of God.

00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:07.639
 And lastly,

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:09.299
 we must remember

00:47:09.299 --> 00:47:11.539
 the priority of proclaiming

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:12.799
 the name of Jesus Christ.

00:47:13.979 --> 00:47:15.659
 Return with me to verse 16.

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:19.199
 Note that it's not our faith

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:20.159
 in and of itself

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.019
 that heals us,

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:23.279
 but it's the name of Jesus,

00:47:23.459 --> 00:47:24.059
 His person,

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.699
 His power,

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.319
 His authority

00:47:25.319 --> 00:47:26.079
 that heals us.

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:28.679
 The sentence in the Greek

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:29.619
 is even more awkward

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:30.879
 than the way it is in English.

00:47:31.939 --> 00:47:32.959
 It literally says,

00:47:33.339 --> 00:47:35.199
 by faith in His name,

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:37.419
 has the name made strong

00:47:37.419 --> 00:47:39.159
 this man whom you see and know.

00:47:42.259 --> 00:47:43.299
 It's almost like

00:47:43.299 --> 00:47:44.639
 Peter's taking special care

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:45.799
 to not say

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:47.079
 that it's our faith

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:48.139
 that heals.

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:51.199
 Jesus heals.

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.359
 Jesus heals.

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:52.879
 We merely appropriate

00:47:52.879 --> 00:47:53.460
 Jesus' power

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:54.239
 through faith.

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:55.259
 That's why we can never

00:47:55.259 --> 00:47:57.319
 boast of our faith

00:47:57.319 --> 00:47:59.239
 and never take credit

00:47:59.239 --> 00:47:59.779
 for healing

00:47:59.779 --> 00:48:00.599
 with our faith.

00:48:00.859 --> 00:48:01.699
 This is why Peter

00:48:01.699 --> 00:48:02.619
 is careful to add

00:48:02.619 --> 00:48:03.579
 at the end of verse 16,

00:48:03.659 --> 00:48:04.379
 and the faith that is

00:48:04.379 --> 00:48:05.219
 through Jesus

00:48:05.219 --> 00:48:06.039
 has given the man

00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:06.859
 this perfect health

00:48:06.859 --> 00:48:08.359
 in the presence of you all.

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:10.480
 Even faith in the end

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.859
 originates from Jesus.

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:13.299
 Jesus is the author

00:48:13.299 --> 00:48:14.440
 and perfecter of our faith.

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.599
 He's not only

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:16.880
 the object of our faith,

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:18.159
 He's also the origin,

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.480
 the source of our faith.

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:22.599
 So it's from beginning

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:23.039
 to the end,

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:23.679
 it's all of Him.

00:48:25.700 --> 00:48:26.679
 The main point

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:27.260
 of this passage

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:28.579
 is not Peter's power

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:29.260
 or piety,

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:31.280
 nor is it the lame man's faith,

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:32.760
 nor is it the importance

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:33.800
 of signs and wonders

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.700
 in the ministry

00:48:34.700 --> 00:48:35.320
 of the church.

00:48:35.720 --> 00:48:36.599
 The main point

00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:37.159
 of this passage

00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:38.840
 is the powerful name

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:39.679
 of Jesus.

00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:42.059
 The healing

00:48:42.059 --> 00:48:42.779
 is a sign

00:48:42.779 --> 00:48:43.699
 that points to Jesus

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:45.159
 because He is the basis

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:46.000
 not only for our

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:47.119
 miraculous healings,

00:48:47.299 --> 00:48:48.739
 but also our salvation

00:48:48.739 --> 00:48:50.460
 and eternal life.

00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:54.859
 As I've said before,

00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:57.159
 sin is a spiritual disease

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:58.960
 with a hundred percent

00:48:58.960 --> 00:48:59.859
 fatality rate.

00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:04.099
 Every single person,

00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:05.239
 young and old,

00:49:05.940 --> 00:49:07.199
 weak and strong,

00:49:07.659 --> 00:49:08.940
 dies when infected

00:49:08.940 --> 00:49:09.920
 by sin.

00:49:11.200 --> 00:49:12.940
 And sin is unsurpassed

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:18.619
 as an infectious disease.

00:49:20.139 --> 00:49:21.539
 Once the disease spreads

00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:22.500
 to multiple continents

00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:23.059
 throughout the globe,

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:24.119
 it's declared a pandemic.

00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:27.579
 Sin is a perpetual pandemic

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:29.119
 that infects

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:31.220
 every single human being.

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:33.480
 And there is no human vaccine,

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:34.980
 no medicine,

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:36.820
 that avails against it.

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:38.780
 Every single one of us

00:49:38.780 --> 00:49:41.360
 will die and perish forever

00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:44.240
 apart from divine intervention.

00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:49.400
 There's salvation

00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:50.760
 in no one else but Jesus,

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.800
 for there is no other name

00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:52.220
 under heaven

00:49:52.220 --> 00:49:52.920
 given to mankind

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:55.540
 by which we must be saved.

00:49:55.800 --> 00:49:57.880
 If you had an unlimited supply

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:59.060
 of COVID vaccines,

00:49:59.180 --> 00:50:00.180
 would you not give it out

00:50:00.180 --> 00:50:00.640
 liberally?

00:50:02.440 --> 00:50:03.340
 Would you not tell

00:50:03.340 --> 00:50:04.540
 the whole world about it?

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:08.300
 the flow of the blood of Jesus

00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:09.840
 which cleanses us from sin

00:50:09.840 --> 00:50:10.900
 is limitless.

00:50:11.599 --> 00:50:13.239
 And we are the people

00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:14.400
 whom God has sent

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:15.719
 to share this good news

00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:16.800
 with the world.

00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:24.780
 So let's go in the name of Jesus.

00:50:26.240 --> 00:50:26.940
 Command people

00:50:26.940 --> 00:50:28.680
 not only to rise up and walk,

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:30.539
 but also tell them

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:32.200
 repent and be forgiven.

00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:39.300
 Please take a moment

00:50:39.300 --> 00:50:41.740
 to reflect on this message.

00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:44.399
 what is the Holy Spirit

00:50:44.399 --> 00:50:46.199
 particularly pointing out

00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:47.199
 to you from this passage?

00:50:48.099 --> 00:50:48.859
 What is He

00:50:48.859 --> 00:50:51.099
 convicting you of in your heart?

00:50:53.739 --> 00:50:54.619
 Spend a few times

00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:55.019
 on your own

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:55.799
 praying through that

00:50:55.799 --> 00:50:57.239
 and then we'll respond

00:50:57.239 --> 00:50:58.019
 by praying corporately

00:50:58.019 --> 00:50:58.619
 out loud together.

00:50:58.619 --> 00:51:00.420
 And

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:01.599
 don't

00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:04.980
 come to this

00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:06.679
 or

00:51:06.799 --> 00:51:08.159
 ask

00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:09.179
 who

00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:11.299
 I

00:51:11.299 --> 00:51:12.179
 are

00:51:12.179 --> 00:51:12.799
 who

00:51:12.799 --> 00:51:12.880
 are

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:17.259
 you

00:51:17.259 --> 00:51:21.539
'

00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:23.219
 go

00:51:23.359 --> 00:51:23.719
 s

00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:23.920
 a