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The man crippled from birth
Acts 14:8-10
Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.
Lystra
After being driven out of Iconium, Paul and Barnabas arrived at Lystra where they continued to preach the gospel
After Paul had spoken to the people, he looked upon a crippled man and commanded him to stand up. The man immediately rose up and began to walk.
The crowd responded to the miracle by concluding that Paul and Barnabas were Hermes and Zeus, gods who had come down in the likeness of men (verse 11)
Idolatry makes men think God is like they are.
The city of Lystra is noteworthy for being the probable home of Timothy, Paul’s young protégé (Acts 16:1).
Many scholars believe the church in Lystra, being in south Galatia, was one of the churches to whom the letter to the Galatians was addressed.
The Miracle
At the gates of their city there stood a great temple dedicated to Jupiter, and they appear to have been his zealous followers.
Paul is in the middle of a sermon, using his eyes to watch the audience as all preachers should do, and not looking up at the ceiling, or at the gallery-front as some preachers are wont to do, he marks this cripple, fixes his eyes upon him, and looks earnestly in his face.
Paul stops the sermon, and with a loud voice cries, “Stand upright on thy feet.” The cripple leaps and praises God. The population are all amazed, and knowing that there was a tradition that Jupiter and Mercury had once appeared in that very town, a tradition preserved in the Metamorphoses of Ovid to the present day, they at once conclude that surely Jupiter and Mercury must be come again.
The lame man the center of this story
The man had visible faith. Paul saw that he had faith to be healed.
Faith was not abstract faith but faith to be healed
Lystra becomes particularly receptive to the Gospel because of its mainly Gentile population and the fact that they had even thought the apostles were gods.
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By Tony SilveiraActs 14:8-10
Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.
Lystra
After being driven out of Iconium, Paul and Barnabas arrived at Lystra where they continued to preach the gospel
After Paul had spoken to the people, he looked upon a crippled man and commanded him to stand up. The man immediately rose up and began to walk.
The crowd responded to the miracle by concluding that Paul and Barnabas were Hermes and Zeus, gods who had come down in the likeness of men (verse 11)
Idolatry makes men think God is like they are.
The city of Lystra is noteworthy for being the probable home of Timothy, Paul’s young protégé (Acts 16:1).
Many scholars believe the church in Lystra, being in south Galatia, was one of the churches to whom the letter to the Galatians was addressed.
The Miracle
At the gates of their city there stood a great temple dedicated to Jupiter, and they appear to have been his zealous followers.
Paul is in the middle of a sermon, using his eyes to watch the audience as all preachers should do, and not looking up at the ceiling, or at the gallery-front as some preachers are wont to do, he marks this cripple, fixes his eyes upon him, and looks earnestly in his face.
Paul stops the sermon, and with a loud voice cries, “Stand upright on thy feet.” The cripple leaps and praises God. The population are all amazed, and knowing that there was a tradition that Jupiter and Mercury had once appeared in that very town, a tradition preserved in the Metamorphoses of Ovid to the present day, they at once conclude that surely Jupiter and Mercury must be come again.
The lame man the center of this story
The man had visible faith. Paul saw that he had faith to be healed.
Faith was not abstract faith but faith to be healed
Lystra becomes particularly receptive to the Gospel because of its mainly Gentile population and the fact that they had even thought the apostles were gods.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit myeveningdevotional.substack.com/subscribe