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“In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” (Acts 3:1-10)
Sometimes, some of us face situations that seem hopeless. When things seem hopeless, we need something amazing to happen.
When we lose a job, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we have a sick or hurting loved one, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we have a loved one who is not following the Lord, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we don’t know how we’re going to feed our family, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we feel that political leaders lack integrity, compassion, and wisdom, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we are frightened, distressed, or lost, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen.
In Acts 3:1-10, we’re going to hear about a man who was in a seemingly hopeless situation, but then something amazing happened. Today’s sermon is entitled “In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”
Before we go any further, let’s pray together and ask God to speak to us.
(prayer)
You may remember from the last sermon in the book of Acts that the early Christians were very much still Jewish. So, they continued to practice Jewish acts, such as going to the temple to pray.
In today’s passage, Peter and John (two of the original followers of Jesus) are walking to the temple and encounter a man who needed hope.
Let’s look at the passage together and see what happens. Look at Acts 3:1-10:
1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. 2 A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked for money. 4 Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.” 5 So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” 7 Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong. 8 So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
Pay attention to this, church: We hear this pivotal phrase mentioned by Peter in verse 6: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”
Indeed, this phrase gives us the title for today’s sermon.
Speaking of this title, you may remember at the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, it was said in John 1:46 “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Yet, here we are after the ministry of Jesus, the death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, and the ascension of Jesus back into heaven, and powerful ministry is being done in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
There is something powerful about the name of Jesus the Messiah from the city of Nazareth!
So, let’s see in this passage three provisions that are given to us through the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
First, . . .
I. The name of Jesus provides hope.
Imagine this man, absolutely hopeless that he will be healed. Here he is sitting at the gate to the temple with thousands of people passing him, and he is begging simply for survival.
This man was desperate, and he couldn’t even make his own way to the temple gate; others had to carry him there. He had been unable to walk since he was born.
He had no hope for walking, no hope for work, no hope for a life free from begging. Yet, at t
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Sometimes, some of us face situations that seem hopeless. When things seem hopeless, we need something amazing to happen.
When we lose a job, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we have a sick or hurting loved one, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we have a loved one who is not following the Lord, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we don’t know how we’re going to feed our family, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we feel that political leaders lack integrity, compassion, and wisdom, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen. When we are frightened, distressed, or lost, we may feel hopeless; we need something amazing to happen.
In Acts 3:1-10, we’re going to hear about a man who was in a seemingly hopeless situation, but then something amazing happened. Today’s sermon is entitled “In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”
Before we go any further, let’s pray together and ask God to speak to us.
(prayer)
You may remember from the last sermon in the book of Acts that the early Christians were very much still Jewish. So, they continued to practice Jewish acts, such as going to the temple to pray.
In today’s passage, Peter and John (two of the original followers of Jesus) are walking to the temple and encounter a man who needed hope.
Let’s look at the passage together and see what happens. Look at Acts 3:1-10:
1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. 2 A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked for money. 4 Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.” 5 So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” 7 Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong. 8 So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.
Pay attention to this, church: We hear this pivotal phrase mentioned by Peter in verse 6: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”
Indeed, this phrase gives us the title for today’s sermon.
Speaking of this title, you may remember at the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, it was said in John 1:46 “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Yet, here we are after the ministry of Jesus, the death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, and the ascension of Jesus back into heaven, and powerful ministry is being done in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
There is something powerful about the name of Jesus the Messiah from the city of Nazareth!
So, let’s see in this passage three provisions that are given to us through the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
First, . . .
I. The name of Jesus provides hope.
Imagine this man, absolutely hopeless that he will be healed. Here he is sitting at the gate to the temple with thousands of people passing him, and he is begging simply for survival.
This man was desperate, and he couldn’t even make his own way to the temple gate; others had to carry him there. He had been unable to walk since he was born.
He had no hope for walking, no hope for work, no hope for a life free from begging. Yet, at t