WEBVTT 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:01.439 Well, good morning. 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:03.600 If you're visiting with us, my name's Joey. 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.799 I have the thrill and the privilege to be the pastor here at Hope City. 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:09.359 And we have been preaching through the book of Acts. 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:12.240 And we are in chapter three today. 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:13.359 I'm going to catch you up. 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:16.480 We're going to start in verse 12, but just a little insight, what's going on. 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:25.199 In the previous chapter, or excuse me, in the previous verses at the start of Acts chapter 3, you have Peter and John on their way to pray. 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.879 And they come in contact, they cross paths with a lame guy. 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:30.480 We're going to call him Lame Larry. 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:31.679 I didn't give him a name last week. 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:32.880 I felt like that was rude. 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:39.119 I don't know that lame Larry is better, but lame Larry has a hey, you know, if you got money for me, I would like it. 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:41.359 And Peter and John said, look at us. 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:47.920 We don't have silver and gold, but what we have, we give you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise and walk. 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:50.960 He gets up, they reach out his hand, pulls him up. 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:52.000 He's leaping. 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:53.439 He's no longer lame Larry. 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:54.719 He's leaping, Larry. 00:00:54.880 --> 00:01:00.000 And he is shouting praises to God, and he is dancing, and people are taking notice. 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:02.960 Peter and John continue on their way to pray. 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.439 And Larry goes in with them. 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:07.760 And he it says he's clinging to them. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:11.680 And everybody's looking because they're like, man, I know this guy from somewhere. 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:19.200 But have you ever seen somebody you're like in one location, you get used to see them at church, but then you're like a Kroger and you're like, Man, I know that person from somewhere, right? 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:21.920 It's just, and they they see Larry, but they're not sure. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.159 They're like, I don't know where I know you. 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:25.200 Wait a minute. 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:28.640 You're the guy for the last 40 years that's been by the front door. 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:34.319 You're the guy for the last 40 years that's been laying there, uh, like needing help, and everybody's got to carry you everybody. 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:43.599 You're the, but now you're jumping, and now you're shouting, and now you're praising God, and like this is, and everybody, could you imagine how that would draw a crowd? 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:49.200 Is there anybody in your life that you're like, they have a permanent, it seems, ailment? 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:56.079 Blindness, deafness, they have to be in a wheelchair, and one day they're in the wheelchair, and the next day they're walking. 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:57.120 That draws attention. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:58.400 You with me on that? 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:09.360 Like, if you've known somebody and like, oh, that's the person that is lame, oh, that's the person that's blind, and then you catch them reading a book and they're not doing the breathing, like that stands out. 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:14.240 And so for everybody there in that community, they're like, what is Larry doing? 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:19.759 He is shouting, he is jumping, he's clinging to like, could you imagine Peter and John? 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:22.960 And I feel like they got him in the headlock hug situation. 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:26.719 He's like, Yeah, I'm healed, right? 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:30.240 I love how excited y'all are right now. 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.159 We're gonna match the energy as we go through this. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.840 Because I granted, I've been preparing all week, so I'm excited. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.000 So he he's he's excited because his whole life changed. 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:49.599 And so maybe you visit today and you see people in worship and you saw somebody raising their hands, like, what is that about? 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:54.879 They're excited because God changed their life, and we read in the word that God likes raised hands. 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:57.280 So we just raise our hands. 00:02:57.439 --> 00:02:58.639 I'm just like, I don't need an end. 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.800 Listen, one of the things I love about you guys is you're not waiting for an invitation anymore. 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:05.759 I'm in the presence of God, I'm gonna give him hands. 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:06.719 Boom. 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.840 I don't need to wait for the pastor, worship leader, nobody. 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:14.719 I'm gonna clap, I'm gonna sing, I'm gonna make a joyful noise to the Lord because that's what he likes. 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:21.360 And I remember, by the way, I was destined for hell, but because of him saving me, I'm now destined with eternity with him. 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.879 So there's joy in that because it's like I'm not lame Larry anymore. 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:25.919 I'm leaping Larry. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.360 My life is gonna be different, my eternity is gonna be different. 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:33.840 And so we celebrate and we shout, and this is drawing a crowd. 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:35.759 And verse 12, here's where we're gonna pick up. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:37.439 Now I'm gonna read this whole passage. 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.919 Listen, I'm gonna do my best not to stop. 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:46.080 You're gonna give me grace if I do, but we're gonna read the whole passage, then we're gonna kind of jump through there some. 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:47.360 Uh-uh. 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:49.439 Clear throat. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:50.479 You ready? 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:51.680 All right. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:04:01.039 Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.719 People of Israel, he said, What is so surprising about this? 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:11.439 And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness? 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:21.680 For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of all our ancestors, who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:30.000 This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him. 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:36.879 You rejected this holy, righteous one, and instead demanded the release of a murderer. 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.720 You killed the author of life. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:48.639 But God raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact exclamation point. 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:53.600 Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed. 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:55.920 And you know how cripple he was before. 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:57.439 Cripple, cripple. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:03.040 Faith in Jesus' name has healed him before your very eyes. 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:10.560 Friends, I realize that you and your leaders did to Jesus, uh, what you did to Jesus was done in ignorance. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:16.879 But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had foretold about the Messiah, that he must suffer these things. 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:23.199 Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:32.800 Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah. 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:42.639 For he must remain in heaven until the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets. 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:48.480 Moses said, The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people. 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.199 Listen carefully to everything he tells you. 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:57.600 Then Moses said, Anyone who will not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from God's people. 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:02.800 Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today. 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:09.839 You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:15.600 For God said to Abraham, Through your descendants, all the families on earth will be blessed. 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:24.959 When God raised up his servant Jesus, he sent him first to you, people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways. 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:25.519 All right. 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:26.560 End of the passage. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:27.680 We made it through. 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:34.800 I want to jump, I want to jump right now to um uh to verse 19. 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:36.639 Verse 19. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:38.959 He's calling everybody to repent. 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:40.319 We've talked about this. 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.000 If you've been with us, we've talked about this. 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.680 Is this not just change of mind, this is change of activity. 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:49.600 That's a big deal, right? 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:54.800 Because like I can repent of something, but if I keep doing that something, I haven't repented. 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:55.680 Right? 00:06:55.839 --> 00:07:06.959 Like if I if I have a habit of lying and I say, God, I repent of lying, but then I keep lying, I have not repented because my activity does not match my vocabulary, right? 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.120 And so both have got to line up. 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:19.199 And so if I'm saying, God, I I don't want to be, I repent of anger issues in my life, but I do nothing to shift that, nothing to get help, nothing to get care, nothing to get counsel. 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:26.639 If I if I don't do anything in regards and I just keep being angry and say, God, I repent, I'm not repenting, I'm just doing the same thing. 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:27.439 Right? 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:32.639 Repentance is a big deal because it's not about, man, I'm sorry I did bad. 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.120 It's God, you have better for me. 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:42.319 Repentance is not, hey, you are horrible as a person, and so you feel more horrible about yourself. 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:43.759 It's like, no, no, no, no. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:49.439 We all are so broken that we need somebody to die for us, but we're also loved that somebody did. 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:50.720 His name is Jesus. 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.600 I'm gonna change my mind about me being at the wheel. 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.480 God, I'm letting you be in control of my life. 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.040 You guide, you direct, you lead. 00:07:59.279 --> 00:07:59.839 Yeah? 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:04.399 So, so so if I'm guiding my life, then he's not in control. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:06.000 Okay. 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:10.240 You uh you guys, the I we're going somewhere deep today. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.000 And I love that you're with me. 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.040 I feel like we're just running downhill at this point. 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:16.240 It's so much fun. 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:29.920 Peter's invitation is not to simply avoid judgment, it's to turn to the Messiah so that God can forgive, renew, restore, and reorient their life. 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:40.399 God just like, listen, when Jesus died for you and there's salvation for your life, you need to understand it's not so that you could avoid being punished for the sins of your life. 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:42.080 You will avoid that. 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.759 You will avoid eternity separated from him when you repent. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:51.360 You will avoid hell, weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:56.000 But he wants to have a relationship with you. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:10.559 Man, when when we repent, Peter's invitation is not just to avoid judgment, but it's to turn to the Messiah that can forgive everything I've done wrong and restore my life and the purpose of my life. 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:17.440 So for whoever it is in this place today, because I was praying over you, you just feel like lost. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:20.639 You just you don't know another way to put it. 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:26.960 You got you, you might have a job, you might have daily routines, but you feel lost in the moment. 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:33.039 You're sitting in this place right now, you're like, Joey, I hear what you're saying, but I just feel like out of sorts. 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:35.200 I'm in a holding pattern, I'm not gaining ground. 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:38.799 I'm just kind of just going around the mountain over and over and over again. 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.639 You would maybe identify with the children of Israel that are stuck in the desert for 40 years. 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:44.799 Like, when are we ever going to get to the promised land? 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:46.159 Maybe you just feel lost. 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:56.399 And I want to say to you today that repentance and coming into God's covering, there's a restoration he does in your life, and he reorients your destiny back to your intended purpose. 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.679 Praise God, because if you're breathing, you have purpose. 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:04.480 So, so everybody in this room right now, you take a breath, you got purpose. 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:07.279 If you just did that along with me, you've got purpose. 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.840 And if you're breathing, you've got destiny, and it's written by God for you. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:21.039 And so, as you come into his covering and as you say, God, I want to follow you, he's gonna reorient your life so that you can go into all that he's called and created you for. 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:25.679 You're not just wandering anymore, like, man, I feel so empty, I feel so lost. 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:29.039 I'm I can be in a room full of people and then still feel alone. 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:34.639 But now there's destiny, and when you wake up in the morning, you breathe, thank you. 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:35.759 This is the day you've made. 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:37.519 I'm gonna rejoice and be glad in it. 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:38.480 Yeah? 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:39.759 All right. 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:41.840 So I want to jump to verse 16. 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:47.840 I'm kind of preaching this passage in reverse, but I love that you're a fun type of people and we can do this together. 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.440 Verse 16. 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:55.840 Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed. 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:58.960 This is this is this is huge. 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:08.240 And I I love I love Luke's writing and that he captures it and he remembers this, he writes this down because he's writing down what Peter's saying, and you know how cripple he was before. 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:09.360 What a great line. 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:10.799 I highlighted that. 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.519 You guys remember this guy? 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.440 He was bad crippled, y'all. 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.679 Like he was he was super. 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.960 If you could get a 10 out of 10 on cripple, it was him. 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.679 He was he was A plus cripple. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:29.200 And you remember, but it's through faith in the name of Jesus this man was healed. 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:33.200 Faith, and he says it twice so close together, so it's got to mean something, right? 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:38.159 Faith in Jesus' name has healed him before your very eyes. 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:43.440 The name of Jesus, we've talked about this, and I had to come back to it and I couldn't leave it. 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.039 We talked about it a little last week. 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:54.000 The name of Jesus is more than just referencing a person, it's calling on the character, nature, identity, and authority of who that name belongs to, right? 00:11:55.200 --> 00:12:00.960 Let's say it like this: God reveals himself to us, which brings the weight of his identity and character. 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.200 So just a few examples of who God is. 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.279 He is holy. 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:06.960 Revelation 4.8. 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:14.960 It says, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come. 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.799 So we recognize that he is holy. 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.840 He is love. 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:27.200 Romans 5, verse 8 says, But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.000 Before you got it right, Jesus was on the cross. 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:31.279 He died for you. 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:33.360 We love to say this, he died for you on a maybe. 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.080 Maybe you're going to say yes, and that was that was enough for him. 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.679 So he dies for you on a maybe. 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:39.279 He God is love. 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:40.639 He is good. 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:43.200 Psalm 145, verse 9. 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:45.679 The Lord is good to everyone. 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.879 He showers compassion on all his creation. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.000 The Lord is good. 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:52.080 He can't be not good. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.519 He can only be good. 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:55.440 He is merciful. 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:57.519 Lamentations chapter 3. 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:59.440 You're like, Joey, did you say lamentations? 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.159 You know it. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:05.679 Lamentations chapter 3, verse 22 and 23. 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:09.039 The faithful love of the Lord never ends. 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:12.320 His mercies never cease. 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:14.639 Great is his faithfulness. 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:15.519 Check this out. 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:18.960 His mercies begin afresh each morning. 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:21.360 Somebody, you need to have that on your phone. 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:24.080 You need to put that and you see that on your screen. 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.759 His mercies are afresh. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.879 And your version might say, His mercies are new each morning. 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:30.080 Put that on your phone. 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:35.679 Look at it on the screen because you want to have a remembrance of this, a reminder of this. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.799 This is what it means. 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:38.480 His mercies are new each morning. 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:42.639 I have been alive. 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:45.039 I'm going to blow your mind. 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:49.200 I'm not lying to you because I couldn't do that, right? 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.799 I could, but I won't. 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:52.080 I've been alive. 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:53.759 I looked this up today. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.559 17,048 days. 00:13:57.039 --> 00:14:03.600 You're like, Joey, you don't look a day over 16,000 42, right? 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.360 You're so kind. 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:08.639 17,048 days I've been alive. 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:09.840 Check this out. 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:11.440 His mercies are new each morning. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:13.360 So it doesn't mean they're just new every day. 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.679 It means they are new and unique. 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:23.600 So the expression of his mercy that greeted me this morning was different than his expression of mercy that greeted me yesterday. 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:25.519 Because he knows what I needed today. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:27.039 Let me put it to you like this. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:33.840 In our house, we try to have a big meal Monday, big meal Tuesday, and we have leftovers Wednesday. 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:34.720 Right? 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.519 And so it just works for us. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.799 That's our flow. 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:42.240 Jesus doesn't do leftovers from yesterday. 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:44.559 He doesn't reheat mercy. 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:47.279 He's like, I got brand, I'm God. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:49.120 I don't need to go with the leftovers. 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.039 I got brand new stuff for you today. 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:52.080 So check this out. 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:53.360 Why did I tell you my age? 00:14:53.679 --> 00:15:00.399 In my life, I have experienced a new and unique mercy 17,048 times. 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.960 That's how much God loves me. 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.559 That's how much God like Google it later because I couldn't do the math. 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.639 I couldn't figure it out on my calculator, right? 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:14.960 Do the math, figure it out, and see how many unique experiences with God's mercy you have had in your life. 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:21.759 17, over 17,000 times, he's like, I know what you need today, Joey. 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.720 He's merciful. 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.279 God doesn't have to reheat yesterday's mercy. 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:32.559 He's got new stuff for me. 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.360 So check this out. 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:40.080 So the more I understand who God is, I understand, check this out, how his authority is deployed. 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.360 His authority flows from who he is. 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:47.279 And his power is never detached from his character. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:53.840 When I know who God is, I know how his authority is released. 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.799 So God restores, he redeems, and he heals. 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:03.360 So in the name of Jesus is the name that we speak when we're ministering to our world. 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.639 His authority, his character. 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.360 Right? 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.399 You with me on this? 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:13.360 When you think about like he is love, when I minister in his name, love is being ministered. 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:17.600 When I minister in his name, healing is being ministered. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:19.200 Let me put it to you like this. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:28.159 When I'm praying for healing, if I pray for healing for somebody and I begin to get nervous, I can probably be sure I'm leaning on my name more than his name. 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.919 Because under his name, healing has already taken place. 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.360 He's already paid the price for it. 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.799 By his stripes, we are healed, not partially healed. 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.679 We are healed. 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:40.240 So when I pray for healing, I pray in his name. 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:53.360 And it's not some incantation, but it's my leaning completely on the authority of who God is, and from his character flows his power, and it is released into our world as we join in submission with that. 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.879 You with me? 00:16:55.039 --> 00:17:02.320 So he's saying, like, guys, lame Larry is leaping, Larry, by the name of Jesus. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:07.359 You see him leaping because this is the character and nature of our God. 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.680 He is a healing God. 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.200 And check this out. 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.759 I love this because he doesn't stop there. 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.480 But I need to jump back just a few more verses. 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.559 What if we jumped all the way back to verse 12? 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.079 That'd be crazy. 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.480 What if we started in the middle of verse 12? 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:26.400 Would that be even more crazy? 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.400 Because I before my last point, I just gotta hit this. 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:43.200 Did you see the part where it says, and why stare at us as though we made this man walk by our own power or godliness? 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.720 Anyone see that? 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:47.599 Is that a man? 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:49.519 I would highlight that. 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:52.559 Why stare at us? 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:07.359 A healing or supernatural intervention should lead people to worship repentance and faith in Jesus, not fascination with the person that was used by God. 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:16.559 This is unfortunately what happens if we're not careful. 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:21.920 We'll start trying to get to every conference that this person's at. 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:30.640 And we'll begin, we'll begin like un un un maybe unknowingly, if I could hope for that. 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:38.160 We begin to put praise upon a person rather than the God that is serving, right? 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:41.759 Like the that rather than God whom that person is serving. 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.480 Right? 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:46.799 Well Peter Peter's like, don't, don't, don't look at me. 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.440 Look at Jesus. 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:53.519 We don't have the power, we don't have the authority to do this. 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:56.000 We don't have the ability to do this. 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:01.599 It's in his name, it's by his power, it's by the price that he paid. 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.960 You with me on this church? 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:04.640 Check this out, because this is what I believe. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:12.079 We have seen healings in this church, we've seen miracles in this church, and we're on the precipice, the doorstep of seeing many more. 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:16.000 But understand, this is not about Hope City's platform growing bigger. 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.240 This is about the kingdom of God advancing. 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:25.759 Because the moment we begin to take praise that's only due to God, we are prostituting the gift he's given us. 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:32.319 Because now I want to get identity from what God's doing through me rather than getting my identity from God. 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:39.200 I'm not a healer, I'm one that walks with the authority that He's given me, and He is a healer. 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.720 Yeah? 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:47.039 And it can happen so easy because when God moves, like, man, this is incredible. 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:52.640 But listen, when God moves through you, lead somebody closer to Jesus, not closer to you. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.319 Because it's going to happen through you. 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:09.920 This will be the church in the name of Jesus that everybody is operating in the gifts of the Spirit and operating in what God's calling on their life is and operating and seeing people get healed, people come to Jesus. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:15.279 This will not simply be a place where you're like, hey, let me get you to church and then you can hear about Jesus. 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:20.799 It's like, no, let me tell you about Jesus, and then if you want to come worship with me, come worship with me. 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:25.680 Because this is a place the church gathers. 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:28.000 This world is the place the church lives. 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:31.359 We don't live in this room, we leave this room. 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.559 And so you want to leave empowered, encouraged, amen. 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.200 Praise God. 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.400 I do too. 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.160 But I want to go on mission. 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:45.279 When you wake up tomorrow morning, it needs to be on a mission that you're finding somebody to deposit the love of Jesus into. 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:54.720 When I get nervous about life, I realize I've forgotten my mission. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:01.119 I begin living on defense rather than on offense. 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.960 Does it make sense to anybody? 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:13.599 You ever seen, and maybe, maybe you're not into football, but there's times in a game where a team can get a big lead, and then the rest of the game, they're just trying to guard that lead. 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.960 And they'll end up losing it. 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:21.519 They go to just playing defense rather than having the pedal down and saying, no, we're gonna go hard the whole game. 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:25.279 If I have breath in my lungs, I want to be on offense. 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:29.920 I don't want to be responding and reactive to the minister, uh, to the enemy. 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:36.240 I want to be on offense, living in the fullness of God, being a minister to everybody that I meet. 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.519 Will I always get it right? 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.000 Nope. 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.440 And that's okay. 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:42.480 But my desire is to be on mission. 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.720 Now, here's where the enemy gets nervous. 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:50.799 Here's where Satan gets nervous is when you realize that it's not just your pastor that has a mission. 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:56.480 Because it's easy to come to church and like, oh man, I enjoyed that message. 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:59.759 But if you don't leave on mission, then we've missed on things. 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.559 We've got to have mission. 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.599 So Peter has genuine authority. 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:07.759 However, he immediately points to Jesus. 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:10.079 This is spirit-filled ministry. 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.279 It's bold in action and humble in attribution. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.440 It's bold in activity. 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.720 It's bold in action. 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.480 But it's humble saying, No, no, no. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:21.359 To God be the glory, get closer to Jesus. 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.960 You want your life to change? 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.240 Get closer to Jesus. 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.359 You want to know how your life is going to look different? 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.480 Get closer to Jesus. 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:34.559 I can help give you tools, but listen, we want to take people closer to Jesus, and we see Peter doing this. 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:39.039 I love that the lame Larry is now leaping, Larry. 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:41.440 And it brings opportunity for a sermon. 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:44.400 But check this out, Larry is not the subject of the sermon. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.720 Who is? 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.839 Jesus is. 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:53.839 Now, did Jesus care enough about Larry to see him get healed? 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.799 Absolutely. 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.440 Peter and John responded. 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.839 Larry gets healed. 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.920 Everybody comes around. 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:05.599 And now, what does it say? 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.839 In the beginning of verse 12? 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:12.480 Peter saw his opportunity. 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:14.559 Listen, I started studying this week. 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.279 I got to that word. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:17.759 I'm like, I don't know if we'll make it to the rest of the passage. 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.599 I'm just keeping it real with you. 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:22.000 I got so fired up about opportunity. 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.920 Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.279 What was Peter and John? 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.160 Can we just circle back? 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.519 What was Peter and John doing? 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:34.079 They were on their way to a prayer service. 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.119 Remember that? 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:39.200 Before they get to the to the lame man, they're on their way to prayer service. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.960 And then and then Larry's like, hey, I like some monies. 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:47.359 And they look and they're like, they pulled out the pockets of their robe. 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.960 We don't got the monies. 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:52.240 But what we have, we give you. 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.319 In the name of Jesus, rise and walk. 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:58.640 And remember, I love that. 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:02.559 The word they use for walk means don't just start walking, but keep on walking. 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:06.160 You're not just healed now, but keep on being healed. 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:12.079 When you get healed in this place, it's going to keep on going when you leave this place. 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.759 Okay. 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:19.440 He saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.440 They were on the way to a prayer service. 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.720 The guy calls out. 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.759 They pray for healing. 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:38.559 In that moment, it doesn't say he saw the opportunity to pray for healing, but it seems implied. 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.759 Right? 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.799 Because what was there? 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:43.519 There was an opportunity to pray for healing. 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.160 Right? 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.279 We don't see that word. 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:49.680 So I need you to go with me because you're like, Joe, you're about to preach something, and I don't see that word in that passage. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.160 It's implied. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.680 There's an opportunity. 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:57.839 He seizes the opportunity, and then what happens? 00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:00.240 They keep going to the prayer service. 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.759