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September 19 - Acts 3 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean. Here it is the 19th of September
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  a Tuesday and hello. So glad that you can join me as
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  we are going to keep on reading through the book of Acts.
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  Now this is the part of the Bible where some Christians get
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  a little bit uneasy and uncomfortable and feel guilty
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  that you haven't solved everything you own given the
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  money to the church and moved into a commune somewhere with
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  you Christian brothers and sisters just like they did in
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  the the church and act. That is okay.
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  You don't need to feel bad. There are some parts of the New
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  Testament which are normative which speak about what you and I
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  should do in our Christian life. And there are other parts which
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  just describe the things that happened in that context and
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  that time and place. And this is one of the things
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  that happened there. Yes, you and I should pay
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  attention to those who have less than us and share what God has
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  given us. Yes, you and I should meet
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  together regularly and share God's word with each other and
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  encourage each other. But you are allowed to have a
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  house. You are allowed to have a couch
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  to sit on at the end of a long day.
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  God does not desire or dictate that you need to sell everything
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  that you have. That is just what happened in
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  this time and place. So release that burden of guilt
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  from your shoulders. Don't feel like, oh man, I'm
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  not, I'm not a proper Christian. You're okay, You're okay where
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  you are doing the life you do, loving Jesus and serving him in
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  your context. So having said that, we can get
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  back and keep on reading and see what these amazing disciples are
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  up to with the Spirit of God animating them in everything
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  that they do. So join me, friends, as we read
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  together Acts Chapter 3. Peter and John went to the
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  temple one afternoon to take part in the 3:00 press service.
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  As they approached the temple, a man lame from birth was being
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  carried in each day. He was put beside the temple
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  gate, the one called the Beautiful gate, so he could beg
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  from the people going into the temple.
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  When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some
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  money. Peter and John looked at him
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  intently, and Peter said, look at us.
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  The layman looked at them eagerly, expecting some money.
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  But Peter said, I don't have any silver or gold for you, but I'll
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  give you what I have in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene.
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  Get up and walk. Then Peter took the lame man by
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  the right hand and helped him up as he did.
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  The man's feet and ankles were instantly healed and
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  strengthened. He jumped up, stood on his feet,
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  and began to walk. Then walking, leaping and
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  praising God, He went into the temple with them.
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  All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.
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  When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so
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  often at the beautiful gate, they were absolutely astounded.
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  They all rushed out, an amazement to Solomon's
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  Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and
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  John. Peter saw his opportunity and
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  addressed the crowd. People of Israel, he said.
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  What is so surprising about this?
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  And why stare at us as though we have made this man walk by our
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  own power or godliness? For it is the God of Abraham,
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  Isaac, and Jacob, the God of all our ancestors, who has brought
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  glory to his servant Jesus by doing this.
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  This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before
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  Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him.
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  You rejected this holy righteous one and instead demanded the
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  release of a murderer. You killed the author of life,
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  but God raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of
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  this fact. Through faith in the name of
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  Jesus, this man was healed, and you know how crippled he was
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  before Faith in Jesus name has healed him before your very
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  eyes. Friends, I realized that what
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  you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance.
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  But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about
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  the Messiah, that he must suffer these things.
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  Now repent of your sins and turn to God so that your sins may be
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  wiped away. Then times of refreshment will
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  come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you
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  Jesus, your appointed Messiah. For he must remain in heaven
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  until the time for the final restoration of all things, as
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  God promised long ago through his holy prophets.
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  Moses said the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet
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  like me from among your own people.
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  Listen carefully to everything he tells you.
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  Then Moses said anyone who will not listen to that prophet will
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  be completely cut off from God's people.
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  Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is
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  happening today. You are the children of those
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  prophets and you are included in the covenant God promise to your
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  ancestors. For God said to Abraham, through
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  your descendants, all the families on earth will be
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  blessed. When God raised up his servant
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  Jesus, he sent him first to you, people of Israel, to bless you.
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  By turning each of you back from your sinful ways,
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  you keep your eyes firmly fixed on the prize, Jesus, the prize
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  of restoring humans to you your whole life.
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  Your whole ministry was toward that singular purpose, and
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  having achieved it and giving your spirit to your followers,
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  here we see that work continuing so powerfully and has continued
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  as millions of people around the world now call you Lord and
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  Savior as we do, for you are our Lord and our Savior.
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  May that story continue in us today.
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  Lord Jesus, use us as You would so that your Kingdom can be
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  furthered and grown in our words and in our actions.
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  We are Your servants and We rededicate ourselves to you as
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  that living sacrifice to do Your will and your work in this world
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  to share your love, your forgiveness, and your healing.
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  Touch wherever we can. Use us in your powerful, loving
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  name, Jesus. I'm in.