One of the more influential quotes in my life comes from a modern children icon in Mr. Be who you are! Who you are in Christ, who we are in Christ is what people need… not some fraud or something phony. And Peter and John were not fake! They did not try to be to the man something they were not or give him something that they didn’t have. Who likes to bring his super natural into our natural. They know a God who likes to make what is old, new. So Peter and John gave the man more than he could have even dreamed of because they knew a God he did not. They heard what the lame man wanted, but they knew what the lame man needed. So many times what we want and what we need are drastically different. The interaction goes somewhat how you would expect it to go, but I so appreciate Peter and Johns response. When Peter and John encountered the lame man (Acts 3:2-8) they were on their way to pray. We like them can miss out on so many wonderful opportunities and stepping stone moments when we forsake being people of consistent prayer. They understood that when you pray it creates an opportunity for great things to happen. That commitment to prayer led to this encounter with the lame man. Even with these new leadership roles and the instant multiplication of the church from Acts 2, they were men committed to prayer. They were men becoming more and more powerful with more responsibility. Peter and John were the prominent leaders of this new movement. The Holy Spirit had just fallen on the apostles and there was much ruckus in the city regarding the recent salvation of many people and this new way of believing. This does not really seem like any type of significant scripture when taken at face value, however there is a great inspiration and truth here. This story starts out with Peter and John on there way to the temple for prayer (Acts 3:1). While I meditated on this passage there were three significant things that connected with my spirit. This is a fascinating story with all kinds of teaching points that can be extrapolated and learned from. Acts chapter three was the bible passage being discussed with special attention being paid to the scene around the healing of the lame man. There is quite the age and maturity difference between sixth graders and tenth graders, but the bible has a wonderful way of relating to both. Peter's, then thought to have come from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.Recently I had the opportunity to teach two bible classes at a local Christian school. The twisted columns are based on antique examples in the old basilica of St. In this cartoon Peter heals a lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple in Jerusalem, a miracle which symbolises Peter's conversion, or spiritual healing, of the Jews. The resulting tapestries had in addition woven borders showing scenes from Leo's life and from the lives of Saint Paul, also designed by Raphael: the cartoons for these have not survived. Paul who were seen as the founders of the Christian Church, and reinforcing the legitimity of the Pope's authority and power. The tapestries continued this theme, illustrating scenes from the lives of St. The decoration of the chapel under Sixtus addressed the lives of Moses and Christ. The Chapel was primarily intended for the use of the Pope and the body of clergy and Laity immediately surrounding him. The tapestries were intended to hang in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, built by one of Leo's predecessors Pope Sixtus IV (reg. 1513-21) shortly after his election in 1513. The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo X (reg. The Healing of the Lame Man (Acts 3: 1-8)
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