Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour…a man lame from birth…But Peter…took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
Acts 3:1-10
We learn here that the Apostles went to the Temple regularly to pray and, we are given a glimpse of one incident during their treks to the Temple, the healing of a man born lame. What Jesus breathed upon the eleven in the upper room the night after His resurrection and the visible appearance of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, we see in action here as Peter and John are going to the Temple. This lame man was laid at a gate to the Temple to beg for alms every day. On this day, he would no longer have to beg! For, in Peter and John, this lame man found, not only healing, but forgiveness of his sins and, salvation in the risen Lord Jesus! The lame man never expected what happened that day. He simply wanted to be given enough for his next meal. But, Peter and John, unable to give him alms, gave him something more precious than silver and gold, highly valued items of the day. That day, he received a new heart, a regenerated soul, the presence of the Holy Spirit and, the promised hope of eternity with Jesus Christ! These are the most valuable things anyone can have. But, they cannot be bought or earned in any way! They must be granted by God alone who did this work in the man born lame. God does the same today, not just to people born lame. Every person is born with a dead soul and only God Almighty can bring life to the dead. If you are a Christian and you know someone who is not, pray that God the Holy Spirit will work upon that poor, dead soul to bring life eternal to one destined for the fires of hell without salvation. It is the command of every Christian to tell the gospel, baptize and teach all things Christ taught His Disciples and has given in the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament! May God bless the feet of those who carry the gospel message!!
Source: S C Ball May 31, 2023
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