For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.
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… for what had happened. For the man who was miraculously healed was over 40 years old. So I want you to see the effects. The crowd's attracted. The word's illustrated. And the end is, the purpose is, the Lord is exalted. The people couldn't stop him because all of them were praising God. Isn't that ironic? Isn't that a weird picture? The religious leaders are mad because everybody's praising God because this guy's been healed. Before we get on to them though, let's remember that there's a great temptation even for us today to get so congrossed in our monotonous routine of religion that we fail to give attention to the needs and the hurts of the people right next to us. That if we were to reach out to them, we would see not only the Word illustrated in us, but the Lord exalted in their lives in the middle of their difficulties and their struggles. Peter and John had connected it full circle. The religious leaders had not. …
… after further threats they let them go they could not decide how to punish them because all the people were praising God for what had happened for the man who was miraculously healed was over 40 years old thank you one amen side message today maybe you've been sitting by that gate for 40 years don't let the enemy tell you today that God can't change your story in one fell sweep They were astonished that they were ordinary and unschooled men, and they took note that they had been with Jesus. and I'm just asking today does anyone ever say that about our lives is anybody ever astonished when they see our fill in the blank and do they take note that we have been with Jesus there's several big ideas in this text that I want us to focus on and we'll go through these rather quickly, but I want you to understand God wants to write you into an astonishing story. And the first of these big ideas is that the Holy Spirit fills ordinary people to act in extraordinary ways. That is where this whole message begins. They ask, by what name did you do this? And Luke wants us to see as he's recording all of this for history's sake, then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them. In other words, this wasn't just Peter going, oh, I know how to do this. I know how to answer questions like this. I know how to seize moments like this. I know how to preach the gospel. No, this is the Holy Spirit filling a fisherman and …
… I'm over in verse 8 and if you happen to read Acts chapter 4 verse 22 it's going to tell you how old I am I'm older than 40 years old it's been 19 months I ain't been in the sanctuary in 19 months church been closed now in 19 months I don't know when pastor is going to open back up listen I don't feel bad for none of y'all because for all of my life over 40 years I've never been able to go in the temple because of my ailment. Y'all haven't been in church in what, 19 months? I hadn't been in in 40 years because there was systemic disenfranchisement. There was discrimination that kept me out. I've been lame in both my feet. I've been crippled. My ankles and my feet never worked. Never was I able to play t-ball as a little boy. Never was I able to join the marching band in school. Never have I been able to race down the street with my friends. …