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Dave Burnette's Commentary

Acts Chapter 3 

Written By: God through Inspiration
Penned By: Luke
Date Penned: (63-70 AD)
Overview: Peter's Ministry (c 1-12)
Theme:  The Establishment of the Church (c 1-7)
Message: Peters Ministry (v 1-26)

Acts 3 Commentary

(3:1-11) Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar - Commissioned by Christ to preach the Good News to all the earth (Matthew 28:18-20), the apostles had his authority. Miracles such as healing the sick (9:34; 19:11-12; 28:8), liberating the demon possessed (5:16; 8:7), even raising the dead (9:36-42; 20:7-12) highlighted their ministries. These supernatural signs authenticated the message being preached and drew people to the Savior. The first eleven verses record a miracle. Peter’s ensuing sermon explains the point of the miracle, particularly for the Jewish audience who witnessed it.

(3-12-26) Peter Preaches in the Temple - A good sermon introduction is supposed to capture attention, raise a need, and orient listeners to the subject at hand. Peter and John’s healing of the lame man in the Temple courts did all those in a powerful way. It drew a huge crowd of awed spectators. It prompted these onlookers to want to know how such a miracle was possible. It gave the apostles an open door to declare plainly that Jesus, crucified and resurrected, was the long-awaited Messiah who fulfilled all the predictions of the prophets.

 


Dave Burnette's Life Application

Being the Hands and Feet of Jesus

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we continue in the book of Acts Chapter 3. In our text today we see Peter heals a crippled beggar and preaches in the temple as he does the work of Christ. In making application we see that the Lord-Jesus works in and through us doing His Will in this dispensation of the Church age. We are the Church and as the Church we do His Will in sharing the Gospel and works of the Father. How about you? Are you doing His Will? Let us learn from our text today and the book of Acts to see that we live in the Dispensation of the Church Age, as believers we are the Church, and we do His Will if we yield to the Holy Spirit that lives inside of us to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus-Christ. 

 

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Acts 3

Acts 3

 1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

 2And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

 3Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

 4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

 5And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

 6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

 7And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

 8And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

 9And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

 10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

 11And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

 12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

 13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

 14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

 15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

 16And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

 17And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

 18But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

 19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

 20And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

 21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

 22For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

 23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

 24Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

 25Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

 26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.