Ok, so here we are on Leap Day, February 29th. If we take a look at chapter three of Acts, I think this is a big leap. Chapter two says that Peter did many signs and wonders during the day of Pentecost, but we really don’t know what they were. But here in chapter three, we see Peter and John going to the temple, and seeing a crippled beggar. Like most leaders in the church, they really don’t have a lot of money, so they give the man something SO MUCH BETTER. With this new Holy Spirit empowerment, they tell the man to get up and walk…. AND HE IS HEALED!So next they continue to go to the temple, and they begin to teach the Jews there about their Saviour, Jesus, and they go through some of the Torah and the prophets to show them this from their Holy Scriptures. They also have this really great sermon illustration. There is this beggar nearby that was just healed. They can point to him and say, “Look!” The people would have known him. The people would have seen him in his ‘Spot’.
The key in this chapter is in verse 26. “When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.” Because of Jesus’ resurrection, the Jews could be saved from their sins!
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