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… this Word? Well, we could trace it out into Acts, Acts chapter 2. The disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit. They begin to speak in utterances, and there it's the miracle of tongues. In Acts 4.8, it says Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and then he spoke the Word of God. Acts 4.31, we read they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the Word of God with boldness. In Acts 9, it says Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit, and then he preaches the Word. Acts 13, 9, again, Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit, and in this case, he looks intently at this false teacher, this magician named Elemas, and he rebukes him for his deceit. Do you detect a pattern? All of those examples in Luke and Acts, what happens when someone is filled with the Holy Spirit. They then speak boldly the truth about Jesus Christ. If you want evidence of someone being filled with the Spirit, sometimes use that language very casually, so-and-so is really, really filled with the Spirit. That was really Spirit-filled worship. Well, I hope so. What would spirit-filled worship look like? Well, it may show itself in different physical manifestations. …
… No. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if we're being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who is lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this. You and all the people of Israel, it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I'll use his full name. Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I want to make it as clear as I can. And now let's recap. Whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Wow. All they asked him was, by what name or power did you do this? And then he preached that. They're astonished that the guy got healed. I'm astonished that he preached this word. …
… having the hope of eternal life. Acts 4, then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if we're being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who is lame, and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel, it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Now this whole thing was about healing, but look what they're about to do. Jesus is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. Salvation, you would think that would say healing. got a lame man walking nobody turns the corner to something greater than healing a lame man salvation praise God is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved And how does it happen? …
… when they are brought before the rulers, beginning in verse 8, then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if we're on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man as to how this man has been made well, Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this name this man stands here before you in good health. He is the stone, that is Jesus says, which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, but there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved. You know what motivated him? What motivated him is he knew. Listen, he had a reverence for the Lord Jesus Christ. He knew who he was. That is, he is the creator of the heavens and the earth. …