TITLE, (THE BEGGAR AT THE GATE)
ACTS 3:1-11 KJV.
v.1 NOW PETER AND JOHN WENT UP TOGETHER INTO THE TEMPLE AT THE HOUR OF PRAYER,BEING THE NINTH HOUR.
V2.AND 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.
V3.WHO SEEING PETER AND JOHN ABOUT TO GO INTO THE TEMPLE ASKED AN ALMS.
V4.AND PETER AND JOHN,FASTENING HIS EYES UPON HIM WITH JOHN,SAID LOOK ON US.
V5.AND HE GAVE HEED UNTO THEM,EXPECTING TO RECEIVE SOMETHING OF THEM.
V6.THEN PETER SAID,SLIVER AND GOLD HAVE I NONE BUT SUCH AS I HAVE GIVE I THEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHIRST OF NAZARETH RISE UP AND WALK.
7.AND HE TOOK HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND,AND LIFTED HIM UP AND IMMEDIATELY HIS FEET AND ANCLE BONES RECEIVED STRENGTH.
V8.AND HE LEAPING UP STOOD AND WALKED AND ENTERED WITH THEM INTO THE TEMPLE ,WALKING AND LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD.
V9.AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAW HIM WALKING AND PRAISING GOD.
10.AND 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.
11.AND 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.
INTRO.
THIS IS A GREAT STORY OF THE GREAT POWER OF GOD,
PETER AND JOHN WERE PILLARS IN THE EARLY CHURCHES AND THEY ARE SEEN HERE IN ACTS CHAPTER 3 GOING TO TEMPLE TO PRAY AND CALL ON GOD.
THE GATE HERE IS THE EASTERN GATE TO THE CITY OF JERUSALEM.
OUTLINE,
1,THE BEGGAR AT THE GATE WAS WEARY IN GREAT GRIEF.
ACTS 3;1-2 READ
A.THIS MAN COULD NOT WALK.
B.THIS MAN COULD NOT WORK.
C.THIS MAN DID NOT WANT TO WAIT.
2.THE BEGGAR AT THE GATE WANTED GOD"S GIFT.
ACTS 3:3-7 READ
A.A RANSOM FOR HIS SOUL.
B.A REMOVAL OF HIS SINS.
C.A REJOICING OF HIS SERVICE.
3.THE BEGGAR AT THE GATE HE WITNESSED GOD"S GRACE.
ACTS 3:6-8 READ,
A.GOD"S GRACE IS ALWAYS SURE.
B.GOD"S GRACE IS ALWAYS SUFFICIENT.
C.GOD"S GRACE IS ALWAYS SATISFYING.
4.THE BEGGAR AT THE GATE WORSHIPPED GOD"S GREATNESS
ACTS 3:8-11 READ,
A.THE MAN WALKED.
B.THE MAN WORSHIPPED.
C.THE PEOPLE WONDERED.
5.THE BEGGAR AT THE GATE WISELY GAVE GOD ALL THE GLORY.
ACTS 3:8-11 READ,
A.HE WAS GREATFUL FOR THE PREACHERS, PETER AND JOHN.
B.HE WAS GREATFUL FOR THE POWER.
C.HE WAS GREATFUL FOR THE PEACE.
IN CLOSING, THOSE OF US WHO ARE MADE WHOLE BY THE BLOOD OF CHIRST CAN,LIKE THE BEGGER AT THE GATE,
PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US IN MAKING US WHOLE.
