![]() In fact, they said they were “unable to stop speaking about what seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).Īfter Jesus returned to heaven, the Holy Spirit gave the disciples power to begin working. Peter and John preached about the salvation found in Jesus. When confronted by the religious leaders, they did not shy away. We are dead in our sin, and God makes us alive in Christ! How we should rejoice and give thanks to the Lord!įinally, Peter and John were bold in their witness. He entered the temple and rejoiced! Consider the wonderful miracle of salvation. Second, the man’s healing made him happy and thankful. ![]() Peter explained that it was by Jesus’ power the man was healed. “Why are you amazed at this … as though we had made him walk by our own power?” The man wasn’t healed because Peter was a super-believer. Beginning in Acts 3:12, Peter responded to the people who were amazed at what had happened. First, Peter’s healing the beggar was not magic it was a miracle. Rather than give the man money, Peter gave him something much more valuable: immediate physical healing in Jesus’ name.Īs you teach this Bible story to kids, keep three things in mind. They encountered at the gate a man who could not walk. One afternoon, two of Jesus’ disciples-Peter and John-went to the temple to pray. They met together at the temple to praise and worship God, and the first church began. With the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, Jesus’ disciples were empowered to carry out Jesus’ mission for them: to take the gospel to all the nations.
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