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<ul>
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<li>The Occasion – <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Act',3,'1-10');">Act 3:1-10</a>
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The circumstances
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Peter and John are going together to the Temple to pray
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At the Temple gate there is a lame beggar
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Peter and John were used by the Lord to give this man a miraculous healing
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The result
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The man was healed
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The people were amazed
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The spiritual principles taught by this miracle
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A picture of the Church
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Peter and John are together
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They are going to pray
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They stopped to help
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They trusted the Lord
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A picture of the world
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The lame man reveals the helplessness of every man out of Christ
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The lost condition of society
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The total depravity of man
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Lost in sin
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The lame man reveals the Church’s opportunity
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The Church’s gift
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What Peter and John did not do
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They did not give “silver and gold”
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They did not give a scientific philosophy of feet and ankles
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Did not build a school to teach why the man is lame
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The transforming power of the Lord Jesus Christ
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The healing transaction
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The direct eye contact
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The Church must make personal, immediate, direct contact with lame humanity
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The Church must go to the man outside the gate - and take him by the hand
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The Lord Jesus Christ through His Church was making contact with a human need
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The miraculous power
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“In the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk”
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He took Him by the hand, He lifted Him up and immediately the man received strength
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The completeness of conversion
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Christ takes a man who is lame and puts him on his feet
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The man: arose, stood, walked, leaped and praised God
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Christ cancels disability and communicates ability
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Christ makes the person useful
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Christ makes the man whole and complete – <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Col',2,9);">Col 2:9</a>
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The purpose of the miracle
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To help the man directly
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To open up a witness to the people – <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Act',3,'12-');">Act 3:12</a>-<a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Act',4,'1-4');">4:4</a>
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The Application
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We are the Church
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We have the name of Jesus Christ
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We are to exercise faith in His name
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His name is working today
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