Sermons on Acts 3:13-18:

Four Reasons For Healing

Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Jan 13, 2001

There are at least four reasons why healing comes.

“FOUR REASONS FOR HEALING” Text: Acts 3:11-21; 4:1-4 Introduction: This is a beautiful story of the healing of the lame man who had been crippled all of his life and he was over 40 years old. Divine healing is fascinating. We live in a world that is plagued with ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:11-21, Acts 4:1-4

Denomination: Church Of God

Easter: Father, Forgive Them!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 24, 2001

It was not just once that Jesus prayed this prayer. Again & again He prayed, "Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing." But I wonder if we understand what He was praying for?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) TEXT: Luke 23:32 34; Acts 3:17 19 ILL. Jamestown, VA, was the first permanent English settlement in the new world, & some of their religious practices were rather interesting. For instance, they had 2 ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-34, Acts 3:17-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Can Our Sermons Have Greater Influence

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Why do you suppose that so many sermons fail to produce lasting changes in the lives of some people? Among the many answers to that question could be the fact that our preaching fails to contain the essential ingredients of the messages preached by the f

Why do you suppose that so many sermons fail to produce lasting changes in the lives of some people? Among the many answers to that question could be the fact that our preaching fails to contain the essential ingredients of the messages preached by the first century apostles. Notice in this ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:11-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Should We Temper Justice With Mercy

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Have you ever wondered how leaders should temper justice with mercy? Peter provides us with an excellent example in his sermon. The apostle shows us how to integrate grace in his message of justice, truth and righteousness. First, Peter acknowledges that

Have you ever wondered how leaders should temper justice with mercy? Peter provides us with an excellent example in his sermon. The apostle shows us how to integrate grace in his message of justice, truth and righteousness. First, Peter acknowledges that some people merely acted out of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:17-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus The Prophet: Advent 1 Series

Contributed by Robert Warren on Dec 1, 2001

Shows that Jesus is the Prophet of God, speaking God’s Word, and thus demands our response.

Jesus the Prophet: Advent 1 Acts 3: 17-26 Deuteronomy 18:15-19 Robert Warren December 2nd, 2001 When most people hear the word prophet, they think of someone who tells the future, usually in a mystical sense. We tend to think of someone like Nostradamus, one of the most famous so-called ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:17-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Be Surprised By God

Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Jul 28, 2009

: Becoming His Church: Don’t be surprised when God acts instead be committed to becoming His, expect Him to do great things, tell others what he has done and give him all the glory and praise.

I was raised Southern Baptist but in truth my mother raised me as a Methodist. I truly believe in the process of sanctification and perfection. As a preacher that means Sunday morning worship isn’t a one time event. I believe there is a connection and process to our worship time together. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Pentecost Faith

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Dec 15, 2008

Thirty minutes after Pentecost, the apostles knew more about Jesus Christ than they had known from 3 years of following Him as His disciples.

PENTECOST FAITH ACTS 3 Thirty minutes after Pentecost, the apostles knew more about Jesus Christ than they had known from 3 years of following Him as His disciples. The outpouring of Pentecost had given them a new capacity they had not experienced before...the in filling of the Spirit had given ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

A Christmas Story

Contributed by Troy Richards on May 8, 2009

A look at the 8 prophecies of the Christmas Story.

-I want us to do something a little different today. I think if I asked you to most of you could tell me the Christmas story pretty much without a problem. So I want to look at it from the other side of the coin. -here’s a simple fact: God plans ahead. There were prophecies about Jesus before He ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:18

Denomination: Methodist

Two Kinds Of Healing

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 26, 2005

The second in a series through the book Acts during Fall 2005

A woman who worked for a vet was to have knee surgery. She was nervous about the procedure and asked her boss if he had any advice. He replied, rather half-mindedly, ‘Just turn your worries into prayers, get plenty of rest, and don’t lick your incision.” I do not think that the latter piece of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-16

Denomination: Church Of God

Church, Do You Know God? Series

Contributed by Duane Smith on Nov 6, 2005

With so many problems within the church today we need to ask: Church, Do You Know God? This message is entended to open our minds and enlighten our hearts to the saving message of the gospel and see the church truly believe in Jesus Christ.

CHURCH, DO YOU KNOW GOD? Acts 3:11-21 INTRODUCTION: A. If you had to build a defense (in a court of law) for knowing God, what would you do? 1. Who would you call on as a character witness? 2. What fruit of the Spirit could you show evidence of? 3. What acts of selflessness and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:11-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Book Of Acts, Part 4- Something Better Than Gold (Or Rise Up And Walk) Series

Contributed by Mark Strauss on May 4, 2006

In Acts 3 we meet a man whose life is about to change. •For over forty years his life has been the same (4:22). •But now he is about to receive the greatest gift of his life.

Something Better Than Gold (or, Rise up and Walk) The Healing of the Lame Man Acts 3 For all of us there are momentous events in our lives that change us forever. •Meeting that special person you will “Your eyes meet across the room...” •Having your first child; or adopting first child. You hold ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

Opportunity Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jun 24, 2006

It’s time for prayer - Healing comes to a beggar...opportunity... there is the expectation of something happening.

Opportunity! Acts 3 Here we are in week three of the diary of the early church…perhaps it is more of a scrapbook of little notes and pictures, news paper clippings of events that that the writer wanted noticed so we don’t want to forget. It had only been a couple of weeks since Jesus ascended ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Congregational

The God Who Changes The Unchangeable

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Aug 7, 2005

Philip Yancey has described it as one of the ugliest words in our language. It is a word that nearly suffocates all the joy out of life. The word is irreversible. But through Jesus that which was irreversible has now been reversed.

The God Who Changes the Unchangeable Acts 3:13-15 Philip Yancey has described it as one of the ugliest words in our language. It is a word that nearly suffocates all the joy out of life. The word is irrevers¬ible. You know what it means for something to be irreversible do you? It’s like the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Healling Of The Man Born Lame Series

Contributed by Russell Rhodes on Sep 1, 2005

This is a miracle preformed by the apostles in teh book of Acts this is the fouth in the Acts series

The Healing of the man born lame Acts Chapter Three Acts # 04 I. The Power: 3:1-11 A. Peter and John where still attending the temple and keeping Jewish customs. This shows us that at this point in time the Gospel was still being offered to the Jews primarily. B. The crippled man is an ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Excitement Of The Presence Of The Lord In Our Lives

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 1, 2004

The evidence that God is in our life

The Excitement of the presence of the Lord in our lives Acts 3:11-20a EXPLAINING GOD An 8-year-old boy, Danny Dutton of Chula Vista, CA, wrote this for homework assignment to explain God. “One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:11-20

Denomination: Wesleyan