Acts 3:1 _(with Acts 4:4)_ St. Peter's Second Apology If the latter portion of this speech of St. Peter's be examined, it will be found that its central point, on which is thrown the chief weight of exhortation, is precisely the same as in Luke's abridged version of the former speech. "Repent and... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:1 Look (1) at the social side, and (2) at the Apostolic side of this incident. I. The social side. (1) We may be able to carry the cripple while we are unable to heal him. Do what you can. (2) The commonest minds, as well as the highest, have always associated the idea of charity with the i... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3 The Lame Man Healed We are reminded by this incident: I. That there are some things more valuable than money. Peter with his gift of healing was of infinitely greater service to this lame man than if he had possessed the riches of Croesus. The moment wealth becomes an end to be sought simp... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:6 I. Man is, by nature, morally crippled and helpless; a beggar, a bondman, carried about at another's will. Great bodily infirmities are the shadows of the sins and weaknesses of the soul. What a cripple is among men, a sinner is before the angels and pure spirits on high. All sin works by... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:10 The architecture of the old Jewish Temple may serve us for a parable today. The truth that it suggests will be the harmony between a noble undertaking and a beautiful beginning that every true temple ought to have a beautiful gate. The importance of beginnings is the veriest commonplace o... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:12 The speech of Peter may be regarded in four aspects: I. As showing the false method of looking at human affairs. "As though through our own power of holiness we had made this man to walk." II. As showing the true method of regarding the most extraordinary events. "God hath glorified His... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:17 The Danger and Results of Unbelief. Consider: I. How St. Peter came to have a right to make allowance for the Jews. When the Apostle states that what the Jews did, they did through ignorance, he must be considered as conveying the idea that they were not acquainted with the actual charac... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:19 , ACTS 3:21 The Restitution of All Things will be: I. A clearing away of suffering. Earth shall be restored to its original beauty; its face shall be wiped from tears; its scarred and stained countenance shall be radiant again with a more than Eden loveliness: for it is one of those "all... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:19 , ACTS 3:21 The Restitution of All Things will be: I. A clearing away of suffering. Earth shall be restored to its original beauty; its face shall be wiped from tears; its scarred and stained countenance shall be radiant again with a more than Eden loveliness: for it is one of those "all... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 3:26 Here, in few words, is the plan proposed by our heavenly Father to make us happy, a plan well worthy to be considered. I. God does not secure happiness to his people by making all of them rich. Instead of saying "Blessed are ye rich," he says, "Blessed are the poor." II. Our heavenly Fa... [ Continue Reading ]