Lessons from the Book of Acts

   

The book of Acts serves as a bridge between the four Gospel books and the rest of the New Testament. It tells of the early progress of the gospel as Jesus' disciples took it from Jerusalem, throughout Judea, Samaria, and the rest of the Mediterranean world. It starts with the Gentiles responding to the Gospel and then shifts to Paul and his missionary journeys. Acts is a second book written by Doctor Luke (as I like to call him since he is presumed to have been a form of medical doctor), and was written as a letter to his friend Theophilus.
    Looking at verses 11-16 of chapter three we find the lame beggar clinging to Peter and John, and the people in the temple utterly astounded and running together to them in the portico called Solomon's (portico being a porch that leads to an entrance). Peter sees them coming and he addressing them by asking them why they are wondering at this act. He denies any act of sorcery or any act of his own as the reason for this beggars healing. Rather, he points them to the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, the Holy and Righteous One, and the Author of Life. Peter He tells these people that the one they delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate made this man's healing a reality. Peter reminds them that they denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted freedom! 

Implication:
How often do we deny Christ in our hearts and minds and train our thoughts on something less?