The 1st Miracle... But Not the Last
Acts 3:1-26
Acts 2:42, (NLT)
All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's Supper), and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.
1. Prayer and miracles
Acts 3:1, (NLT)
Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part
in the three o'clock prayer service.
Luke 24:50, (NLT)
Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven. So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God.
Acts 1:14,
They all joined together constantly in prayer.
Acts 2:42,
They devoted themselves to...prayer.
Acts 4:24,
They raised their voices together in prayer.
Acts 6:4,
[We] will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word.
Acts 10:9,
About noon...Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Mark 9:28, (NLT)
Afterward, when Jesus was alone in the house with his disciples, they asked him, "Why couldn't we cast out that evil spirit?" Jesus replied, "This kind can be cast out only by prayer."
2. Jesus’ name and miracles
Acts 3:2, (NLT)
As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
Acts 4:22, (NIV)
For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
Acts 3:3, (NLT)
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money. Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, "Look at us!" The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold for you. But I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk.”
Acts 3:16, (NIV)
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.
John 14:12, (NIV)
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
John 15:16, (NIV)
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
John 16:23-24, (NIV)
In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
1 Peter 2:24, (NIV)
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
Acts 3:6, (NLT)
But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold for you. But I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!"
Acts 3:7, (NLT)
Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man's feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.
Acts 3:8-9,
He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them. All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.
Acts 3:10, (NLT)
When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded!
Acts 3:11, (NLT)
They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon's Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.
3. Evangelism and miracles
Acts 3:12a, (NLT)
Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. "People of Israel," he said, "what is so surprising about this?
Acts 3:12b, (NLT)
And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk
by our own power or godliness?
Acts 3:16, (NIV)
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.
Acts 3:13,
For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him. You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead And we are witnesses of this fact! Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance. But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah—that he must suffer these things.
Acts 3:19 (NLT)
Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.
Acts 4:4, (NLT)
But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of believers now totaled about 5,000 men, not counting women and children.
