Acts Chapter 3 & 4 | Pr Matthew Chang

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will light up your day. Turned with me to ask chapter three. Okay,

so let me turn two. Together with me to ask chapter three.

And I'm going to read a portion of scripture here from X chapter three,

verse one to verse ten. Okay, Well, what's the verse ten?

If your bible still? Together with me? Okay, Now the title reads

here a lame man healed. Okay, I'm gonna read from verse one and

KJB he says. And now Peter and John went up together to the temple

at the hour of prayer the ninth hour, and a certain lame man from

his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the

temple, which is called beautiful. Okay to ask alms form those entered the

temple who seeing Peter gain the person saw Peter and John about to go into

a temple and ask for alms, and fixing his eyes on him with John,

Peter said, look at us. So he gave them his attention,

expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, silver and gold I

do not have, but what I do have I give you in the name

of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk, and he took him

by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle

bones received strength. So he liaping up, stood and walked and entered the

temple with them, walking, leaping and praising with them, and walking,

leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

Then they knew that it was he who sat begging arms at the beautiful

gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what

had happened to him. Okay. So today I'm gonna share from X chapter

three and also X chapter four later on, and it's going to be into

three parts, okay, And I need you to pay attention to the scripture

because the scripture will give all the clues and also the evidence of what I'm

sharing today as well. So the context of what is happening here is very

important. Okay. It's just X chapter three, okay, access twenty eight

chapters. So we are at the very early part of the book and also

towards you know, it is following up from the Book of Luke and which

is after the death of Jesus and also the resurrection of Jesus as well.

Okay, and so the disciples have met Jesus. Okay, they met Jesus.

They have been given the great commission by the Lord. And they just

saw the Lord sent into heaven in glorious fashion. And after that, what

they Jesus tell them to do. Immediately go and preach the gospel. No

interactive, no, no, no, what they Jesus tell them to do,

go and wait. Wait first, okay, you make disseparce, you

must go, but before you do that, you must go and wait.

Wait where wait in the upper room, isn't there? Why wait for the

Holy Spirit. It's a job that you cannot do without the Holy Spirit.

One and you know what I mean, right, It's like asking you to

go and plant, but don't give you any tools. Said oh and on.

So this is a job there can only be performed and only they can

do with the power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. And it's a

very very important thing. So they waited. It was very important, and

they must wait enough, just like the israel Lights when they were waiting for

Moses to come down. They wait, they couldn't wait. Eventually they built

and they perish because of that. In the same form, in the same

manner, Jesus asked them to wait, and they obeyed, and when they

obeyed, they receive the blessing, which is the Holy Spirit. Whereas in

the Old Testament they didn't not wait, and they build themselves and either trying

to do things out their own, and they perish. So similarly, you

know, it's a parallel and on. And actually the day or when when

they received the Holy Spirit was the day of Pentecost. Pentecost means five enough

penta fifty days, waiting of fifty days to wait ready on the a fIF

days and you receive the Holy Spirit. It actually it is the same Pentecost

that actually happened in the Old Testament. In Moses as well, Solve received

the Holy Spirit ready, okay uh. And they preach. Peter preach an

amazing sermon. Many people believe. But yet there are more things to come.

And this is where exactly they're left off. So after they after Peter

Peter preached, and many believe in all during the day of Pentacons. Now

for the no, I won't say that for the first time. For the

very early times, he he and John is heading to the temple. Okay,

he and John is heading to temple. And along the way, when

they're heading to a temple, they saw a lame person. Now where are

there right now? Okay? Wait where did they meet this guy? It's

quite important. It's quite significant as well. I'm gonna show you a slight

that was like, ah, yes, okay. So on my left is

a rendition, okay, a rendition of the temple in Jerusalem. Now before

I ask her Queasier, how many? How many times had the temple being

built in Jerusalem? Who said tree? Who said one? Who said two?

Raise up hands? Try? Who said to put that hand? Who

said tree? The answer is two? Who built the first one? Solomon?

Who be the second one? The lesser known one? H King Herod?

Which one is more beautiful and more grand? The first one or the

second one? Oh? Solomon or King Herod? Solomon? Why Solomon?

More money? Is it? Bigger budget? Is it? Huh? Who's

say King Herod? Who's say? Okay, who say King Solomon? Yeah?

I see, Oh you put your trust on people's money. Okay,

the biggest one, the bigger one is actually King Herods almost three time speaker.

So this one is actually based on the rendition of King almost three time

is big. Okay. It was so big and beautiful that people say that

you have seen the Temple of Jerusalem, you have seen beauty. It's like

such a you know, like you go to places, I know sometimes the

new places you've seen beautiful things are like people always try to you know,

like no, don't exaggerate, you know, with the best pizza, best

best prom me. But they will say, you see, but there was

was how important the temple was. The temple was very, very significant thing

to uh, the Israelites, to you as a national identity. It's beautiful.

One of the great wonders. Okay, I once in wonders of the

angel one. But it's a beautiful thing. Okay. Now they there's they

were walking there. Of course. You'll see on the left side there there

is like a big porch. It's called the Solomon's particle. Okay. There's

where all the the ladies were, and then all the gentiles were hanging around.

I'm not going to go through all the details, okay. And you'll

see an outer gate and inside that you will see sort of like a middle

gate, isn't it The brown color you can see them that they estimate is

the Eastern Gate or the beautiful Gate. Okay, And normally they will carry

people who were lame, who were crippled, who were poor or not sick.

They were put it in front, but they cannot go in. And

the reason that we cannot go in is because of who they are. If

you at that time, you must understand that they're a different belief system.

If you are sick, you cripple, poor, they don't look at you.

All are supporting. Yes, they will have sympathy, but they also

have a perception, cultural perception upon you. And that culture perception is that

you have sickness, you are a diseased because you or your parents were a

sinner. You get mean, right? That is why you remember when Jesus

was teaching people asimprecation, who's sin is he he saying? Or the parents

sin? Remember the scripture? Who sin? So they were trying to find

fault to try and what was this s But no, it's not, but

it's not he's saying saying. This person saying is for the glory of the

Lord. His condition is for the glory. So they're trying to change the

perception. But people's perception was saying, no, you cannot go in because

you're impure, you're not clean. That's why you sit outside. You get

mean, right, So actually this scenario is like all of us, isn't

it. We can't really enter into the gate because we are all seen us,

we were borne seing us. But then the rest of the people who

are nice and clean, and they started walking every day passing by that guy

walking in, walking in, walking in, and this guy is like,

I can't go in. I could never go in this beautiful gate. And

this gate was beautiful. You know, if this gate are it's so called

lavish with Corinthian bronze. Corinthians corinth is known for two things, okay,

coorin is known for idolatry and also known for bronze working. Okay, bronze

working, beautiful bronze. You know, if you've been to Europe before,

you will see like, for example, a lot of the cathedrals, I

can't remember what the name of it. Actually they are very This is not

the actually actual ga. Okay, I'm giving you an example, like for

example, this one is so tall, so give you a sense of how

big it is. You know, this whole entire piece is actually bronze,

you know, bronze, and not only bronze. They have pictures telling you

from the top there and this his genesis, then to Noah, then to

Moses, then to everything one now, so each of them has a description

of what the story and it's beautiful one amazing. When I that's one time

I saw it was like, oh, it's amazing, or how much people

will actually spend and you know, the artistry is beautiful, amazing, amazing.

And this particular one is called the beautiful Gate because it's lavish with a

bronze. We don't know how it looks like it's big, okay, And

people feel like when they're entering, they enter into the presence of God,

physical manifestation. I entered into it. I entered pass the gates of God

into his presence, the beautiful Gate. Now, this guy who was sick

and who was laying from birth from birth, he could not enter in,

okay, because he protably asked the U same question, Is it because I'm

sinful and because everybody else is righteous? Is it because my parents or my

grandgrandparents were sinners? That's why I'm like that I could never go in.

And that's why when he ask for arms, what did we notice there?

Okay, he wasn't looking at them. He wasn't looking at Peter and John.

He's in it, he said. He wasn't looking at them. But

then what did Peter said in verse four? Okay, and fixing his eyes

on them with John, Peter said, look at us. Okay, look

at us. So it's like you always, but now I want you to

look. Sometimes we get caught up with our own predicataments unless I one day

I got said look at us. Oh now, suddenly look at you.

He says. Here, So he gave them his attention. Okay. What

they wanted was his attention, and he expected to receive something from them.

I'm looking at you now because maybe you're going to give me something. Maybe

I say I do, I say I perform something. You're gonna give me

money or something. He was expecting something. And then Peter said, silver

and gold I do not have. But what I do have I give you

in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Rise up and walk, okay,

rise up? And what he said, I don't have money. Everybody

is giving you money. I don't have money, but I'm gonna give you

something that no one has ever given you before, and there is a reason

why you're here. And what I give to you is gonna show. It's

gonna show what God is going to do in this place and for the generations

to come. I'm gonna show you what this beautiful gate actually really means.

And the type of person God is expecting to walk past that door me right,

the type of people who what kind of people is God really calling for

to walk past into the beautiful gate into his temple? And literally the temple

means what presence? What kind of people? What kind of people that have

the type right, right kind of attitude and response? Does God wan entering

into his presence? Okay? He says here and verse seven, and he

took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet

and ankle bones received strength. Okay, And in verse eight, that's the

key thing. So he lipping up, stood and walked and entered the temple

with him for the very first time he's entering the temple. It's not just

he's healed and all he's entering the temple. Why he was not only healed

in all, he's made righteous because before they could never enter in and all

because he was a sinner. But now he was made righteous. I'm justified.

I'm justified not because of what I do. I'm justified because I'm healed.

And what did I do to get healed? Nothing? Nothing did he

do anything to make hire Nothing? He was by the grace and mercy of

God. And the difference is that he stood, and how did he entered?

He lipping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with him walking,

lipping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising

God. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging arms at the

beautiful Gate Temple, and they will filled with wonder and amazement. And what

happened to him? Point number one? Okay, and there I want to

drive here. Everybody normally was just walking into the presence of God casually.

But the right way to enter into the presence of God, the proper way

is like him the beggar, how lipping, jumping and praising God, enter

his cards with praise and thanksgiving. My question today is when we come to

church, are we just casually walking in like everybody else who think they are

self righteous, think they are right with God and everybody else is a sinner.

Or are we entering into the temple and past the beautiful gay as someone

who is completely undeserving of his grace that has been healed and delivered by His

love and grace, and we're walking, lipping, jumping and praising. You

know what I'm saying here that people were so focused on the physical door,

beautiful, there's no idea the true glory of God was working within the was

standing right in front of them. The glory is not the temple. The

glory is not the door. The door is not the gay. The glory

is inside, It's containing inside this person. When God works, it's like,

Wow, all this beautiful girl, all this time, when he was

there from beginning, you couldn't heal him all this time from God, you

guys couldn't do anything for him. But yet one day when he responded,

he was healed. Which is more powerful for the temple or the glory of

God? The goory of God? You see, you see what it's God

do. God is trying to bring down and pull down every single belief that

the physical world has. We put out trusting all these things. But the

true beauty is to see the grace of God, isn't it? You will

not see the great beautiful get if you know the true beauty is God's grace.

And when you look, everybody was standing there at the door looking oh

so beautiful. Oh it's like you're visiting Rome, the visiting Italy. Oh

so nice. No, we should be fixing our eyes on God. These

gates cannot heal you. You know, only God can heal you. Amen,

you learn something here today. It's amazing, you know. And it's

under the what under the power the name of Jesus, not go and silver,

but only the name of Jesus. So there's part one. Okay,

everybody's okay. So if I learned power, And now that's the beginning on

the You know, every story you have one excitement or there's a proper adventure.

There must always be not just the good people. There always must be

complete okay, bad people and conflict like bad people bring conflict like Okay,

there must always be a conflict. Okay, let's talk about the conflict right

now. We're gonna jump ahead. Okay, in between the rest extra three

you can read. But so after that, so people when they saw him,

when they saw him, I forgot one point. When they saw the

man laymen walking in what did he do? He was not just praising God.

They saw a miracle. When you praise God and your life becomes a

vessel of God's miracle and glory. Right, what happens you become a testimony

you can't mean right when you truly experience God's beauty and love and grace on

your life. Hile your life overflows, and their overflowing has a cascading and

trickling effect of affecting other people wanting all. You won't be like, oh

I see God, then you won't affect other people. No, No,

such a thing one. You affect people want. This is why I say

every every Sunday, people, when you come to church, you affect people

want. You gotta realize that God you're you know. I don't care who

is preaching, I don't care who is worship leading, I don't care who

is there. And Lord today you deserve all the glory. And I'm going

to praise you because I praise you, not because how I feel. But

I pray you're out of the overflowing of my heart. When I look at

you, there's nothing else not that that matters. But your mercy overflows in

me, in me, and when I praise you in glory, and my

life is transformed, and I give you all the glory. Praise, people

witness, people get affected. It's beauty, isn't it beautiful? That's there

is the that's that scene is what the Father always wanted. Okay. Now,

so after that, when people startled to see that what there's America go

open doors in their heart and pick the preachers them and here, I'm gonna

skip this someone. You're gonna preach someone. And he says, here five

thousand people believe, five thousand and no one America, that temple has the

most beautiful temple in Israel history. Couldn't do couldn't even preach save five thousand

people. But yet there's one laymen, one laying was greater than the temple,

isn't it just Jesus said, Teddy, This now a breedout in three

days. It's not talking about the physical Tempot's father temple. We are the

temple of God. God wants to fill us with this holy spirit. This

temple is the one that is able to witness and minister to people. And

all of that. The sermons say, five thousand people. Amazing, isn't

it? We are the true temple. Okay, then what happened in verse

chapter four, verse one, let's read a bit. It says, now

as the people spoke. Now, as they spoke to the people, the

priests, the captain, and the temple of the temple, and the seduces

came upon them, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preach in

Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put

them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. However,

many of those who heard the word believe, and the number of men

came to be about five thousand any man. So we now we get introduced

to a new villain. Okay, no viewing will okay, the villain,

not the villain, Okay, the the unbelieving people, okay, the unbelieving

group, and this group of people is very important for us to know who

they are. Important for us to know who they are. And also it

is a parallel or a repeat, okay, a parallel or a repeat of

the ministry of Jesus as well. Who are the Sanhedrin? Can you show

the picture oh, the Sanhedrin are made up of I think seventy one members,

okay, san Hydrian seventy one members. There are rulers, elders,

inscribes. They have a high priest Anas, and I think the father in

law is care for Us okay, ANDAs and Carefus. They are related.

They if I say Anas and Capus, you'll also remember they were the ones

who persecuted Jesus. Okay, the same group of people. Okay. Then

there also consists of the Jewish high called the Council the senter Okay. They

have two major groups of people. The major group of them were the seduces.

The Pseudocees were a group of teachers who don't believe in the resurrection.

Okay, they don't believe in the resurrection, so when you talk about resurrection

they get very worked up, especially someone you talk about Jesus rising from the

dead. They big problem with that, big, big problem because if Jesus

rises from the dead, all they're taught about is gone. And these are

these guys are like senators, you know, parliament members. You know,

the ruling and the parliament members are all suddenly the people you know lost faith

in them and all so for them, it's not just about Jesus arising from

there. It's about power, okay, power, no power they have for

so many days and years. And then another group is called the Pharisees,

the Farragris. There's a smaller group, not as powerful, but gaining a

lot more influence as well. So this and Hedering were the same group of

people who persecuted Jesus. Okay, who put Jesus and condemned him and brought

him to conscious per letter said that no, we want him. You know,

this guy is a blesphema. You know, you know we want you

to crucify him. Even though he didn't broke any Roman law. He didn't

break it in law. He was offending them. But because they feel offender,

they want this guy to be criminally punished. So being offenses to them

is being a criminal. Oh now these people can only offended. You know,

if you offer me, you're a criminal, not just you're a bad

guy. You're a criminal. Now they sue you. You all you know

it is or not, there's sue you are you're offering. You're a criminal

and not in the eyes of the law. And everybody. Wow, when

you say something, when you're offender, and you proclaim someone criminal. You're

claiming that you have high authority over moral judgment. And you get me right,

you think like the government. More than that, you think you're the

god? How dare you? Everybody? Is there only the gods? You

know? Okay? This is what so, this is why it is happening

here. Okay, so they're arrested him. Now let's move on verse five.

And it came to pass on the new next day that they are rulers,

elders, and scribes as well as well as annest the high priests care

first John and Alexander and many were of the family of the high priests were

gathered together at Jerusalem, and when they had set them in the midst they

ask, okay, very important question. This is the most important question.

They sat down together. They asked one question, one most important question,

and why is that? By what power? Or by what name? Have

you done this? Okay? They didn't ask how was he healed? Why

did you heal him? They just asked how by what name? So they

didn't even deny the miracle happen because this guy was there, everybody could witness

it. Nobody said anything, but they say by what name and by what

power, because you must understand exor seasm or healing or any anything performed in

that timer happens in that time. But normally, okay, you need a

authority. Okay, you need authority. So if a person is able to

cast out a demon or heal, they're always asked, by what name?

Do you pray in Elijah's name? You pray in God's name? Do you

pray in Moses name? You can mean, right, So they need the

name. So the name is the one. They will say that this name

cannot be If this name is you're using some some funny name. And they

find out this name is a criminally it's a criminal. It was like,

no, this this name can because we know and according to the scripture that

God does not answer a sinner. You get what I'm saying. Every healing

and every exorcism comes from the power of God. But there's another power as

well. There's a power of the devil. That is why when Jesus healed

they blasphem him, you know, and say that this power, your your

power came from Beeo's book Ah. And then you say say that where a

blast film against it can be forgiven but if you're blessed flam against the Holy

Spirit, it cannot be forgiven. You are bearing witness, this is the

work of the Holy Spirit. And you're saying came in from behouses the book,

Oh, means that you don't know what you're saying, and you're giving

a false witness. You know, blastphem you know what the word blessed feeming

and not the exact word for blast filming. Best to me, it's not

just lying, you know. Blast feming means very specific. Blast I mean

is we can write this down. Blast sweaming means calling what is good evil

and calling what is evil good? Okay, I said that blast swimming is

calling what good God is or then good evil and calling what God is either

or then evil good. That is blastpheming very very important. Good and evil

is a very powerful thing. You know, from the from the day one

now when God created now the earth, where he created the light, what

do he say? He was good every day? Everything that he created he

called good, good, good, good good. God is not only the

creator, he also the proclaimer, you know. He decides, you know,

and so when suddenly we have a tree out of knowledge of going evil,

the man knew what was going evil. They knew because every day of

God was saying it. God was telling you what was going evil. You

even know what it's right not to it's telling you telling you, giving a

straight instruction of what is right and wrong. But when you eat of that

tree, you're saying, God, I don't care what you think. You're

right and wrong. I get to decide, so don't tell me how to

leave my life. That is the original sin. You're saying what I'm saying.

You know that is the original sin. We know what is right and

wrong because God declared every single day, this is good, good, good,

good, and we create a human. You say, very good,

double good, good good. This why it's a special day, very good.

We are very good. You know God, we all knew what was

good. But God said, you can still decide. But the day you

decide, you will die. You will become separated because everything I've created and

all the goodness I've given you have chosen to say no. You want to

decide for yourself true or not. It's like you're a parenter. I created

you and given all your goodness, but you still have a choice. You

can walk out the door and leave the family. I can't stop you.

I can't not tie you down there just my son and my daughter. I

can't stop you. But if you want, I'll be broken hearted. But

that's your right because you have a free will. But I hope you don't.

I hope that you will trust me. I hope you will trust it.

I'm pure, I'm good, and I will never leave you, and

forsake you don't leave. But at the end of the day, what does

the devil come and break that trust? Man? My dad, are my

mama? Maybe you don't really love me because maybe they're trying. They're scared

that, you know, they're scared that I cannot handle it. Maybe they're

scared that I'm not good. Maybe maybe they want to hold me back,

you know, and you leave the house. Yeah, man, what I'm

saying that that is what the devil is always trying to do, you know,

or your own knowledge? When God has given everything and all the goodness,

proclaim you are surrounded by goodness, but yet you still want to define

your own Isn't it all right? Okay? I actually I deviate everybody doing

Okay, So sorry, I don't don't I haven't come here for so long.

Ready, that's why got so much, God got so much to share?

Okay, where am I right now? Sudden the lost track already?

Okay, So by what power or by what name? Have you done this?

So we're talking about power. So they're wanting to know what is the

authority is the power because if they give a person who has who is clearly

not the right source of power. Right they know this guy, this John

and Peter are a fraud and they could be doing witchcraft. They gave me

right there' suppossibly they could be doing witchcraft, you know, and they're doing

which craft they're punishable by death, you know, by stoning one and all.

So they're asking it's a very very very important moment. Okay, now,

but this is the exact question that Peter and John wanted them to ask,

exactly, Okay. And he says that, then Peter feels the Holy

Spirit said to them rulers of the people and elders of Israel. Okay,

Remember John and Peter is not in a different situation. This is like I

told you, This is like a da jau. This is like a parallel

because where they're standing right now is exactly where Jesus stood no longer Jesus.

But it's them right now, same position, same moment, same moment,

it's God is Jesus? Is God going to deliver them the same moment?

Is everything is replaining? How I can imagine that Peter is like, oh,

this is exactly like my master, my lord, my teacher, who

was exactly more, what should I say and what did you say? If

we this day are judged for a good good I say, good good done

to a helpless man by what means he has been made well? Let it

be known to you and to all the people of Israel, that by the

name of Jesus of Nazahn. And then you stop there for a while.

First, there's quite a few layers here. No. First, if you

say that this is a good work, and you recognize that is power,

that there is a source of power coming here, and that source of power

is a name. If you want to know which name that has done this

good day, I want to let you on a before everyone, it is

under the name of Jesus. Now let me tell you what this name,

what kind of implication it has on you and the rest of the people.

Because I'm not just gonna say a name, I'm just gonna I'm gonna tell

you what this name means to you. And this name is going to judge

you. Why what do you say this name is going to judge you?

He says, what whom you crucified? Oh, by the way, this

is the same person you crucified. Okay, you crucify whom God raised from

the dead. By him, this man's stands here before your hold. You

believe that every miracle must come from a source. Okay, and this source

come from Jesus. But yet it is you who who who crucified? But

God raised from the dead. Now there is a problem here. What problem

is it? Because do you know that God does not answer the prayer of

a dead man? Now you don't understand, you're lost with me? Right,

Okay, this is the way I'm gonna give you. I don't have

a paper here, but just pretend okay, okay, who likes this like

this? Who wants this? Imagine this is a checker? Okay, this

is a check. If I write you a check, right now, pretend

this is a check. I write your check and I sign it in my

name, and in my check I wrote here ten million ring it. Will

you take that check and then go to the bank and bank it. You

only got one chance you would, so you have fated. I had ten

million ring it very good, very good. Put x y Z wrote there,

very good. Okay. Let's pretend that you are a doubtful lah okayla,

okay, you said, yeah, thank you very generous. But you

will actually Oh will you take this and go and put it down payment for

your house? Oh? Such another question, isn't it? Will you use

this to pay your situation fee? Ten million signed by Pasta Many. Let

me go down and check what car he drives. You're gonna audit me by

this guy. You're right, You're gonna me, isn't it? But if

I put ten million and I say that Elon Musk sign it, he got

no cashup or his Tesla ship are used. So so okay, I got

no problem. I will immediately bank it. You know you know why.

It's the name. But if I give you another check okay by TD Rockefeller

who passed away like fifty sixty years ago. Suddenly they wrote the one hundred

million if you take it to the bank with the bank honorate. You sure

not, technically by writer, under banking law, you cannot want to because

one day announced one is dead. Ready, the right of check is going

to to the executor, you know, because anybody can take his nature and

right, but we know he's dead ready, there is not authority power ready

you know. So it's technically very hard to take a dead person's check and

bank it in money. No, God doesn't recognize it one no, no,

but yet ah, this is the case awhere, you take that check

of a dead person, so called dead person after for so already you going

to the banker, you cash her still can cash one? You know why

because the person is not dead. Ah. You think it's dead, but

it's actually not dead. So they don't realize that. Jesus, you pray

in the name of Jesus by right, are you can't even do anything if

it's dead, because we know God does not hear from a dead person.

And there's he's alive. So people will always say this, how do you

know that Jesus is alive? I never said. I will only believe Jesus

if you appear right in front of my eyes and he's like talking to me

for one hour. I tell you, Jesus certainly to appear to show us

that he's alive. You all you know why his power is at work.

Powers can only be a work for someone who's alive. You do you pray

in the name of Elijah, in the name of Moses, the dead people,

there's no power. God will not dishonor his name, but honor on

that name. You all but the son who has been crucified by roles from

the dead. Because a life the bank will take this. Hey, this

fellow's still a life away. You think that death can't catch it in?

You know? So the evidence of jesus resurrection is his power, and more

importantly, his power resides in his name. So today I asked you this

question, is their power in the name of Jesus? How many of us

are will we prayer? Do we really believe there is power in the name

of Jesus? You hold this checker? Is the power? Is it based

on your feeling? Is it based this is how cashable? Is this?

Is it depending on how you feel? Even depending on your mood, the

economy, depending on how the bank teller looks like, no on it depends

on that signature. And regardless of every situation, if the person is alive

and it's all the creditor, the money will go through so our yes and

amen are when we prayer, even when you feel don't like it, when

you say no, I pray all this. I don't know how to pray

for this person who is cancer. I don't know how to pray for this

person who has situations is almost impossible. I don't know. But one thing

I know, I know that there is power in the name of Jesus.

There is the type of faith and belief we got to have. You know,

when you teach your children to pray, that's pretty quickly. No your

prayer? What there is power in the name of Jesus. Seriously, you

don't need prayer. I pray all this. I don't know how prayer,

but I prayed it in the name of Jesus. The Peter and John prayer

that long prayer. Come leat the elders and surround. You know, pray

believing the name of Jesus. Believing, fully, believing, powerful, isn't

it? Sometimes we think about it. I don't know how you feel.

Sometimes we look at ourselves, Oh how ye or little faith that we are

and misunderstood and underestimate the power of the name of Jesus. But this name

of Jesus, I could told you this name has power. But this power

is also a judgment against the people, because God will not raise a sinner.

If you die, you die in the siner. No, but if

you are sinless, God raised him. So, but who persecuted him,

who accused him the Sanhedrin? So that means they have persecuted wrongly. Miracles

are happening. Every miracle is a judgment against them. You asked me not

to follow him, you persecuted him. By here he is healing me,

he is, he's helping me. He's doing so many miracles. And we

know God only answers a true and what they called it. God will not

answers seinger. God answers someone who is pure and righteous. And you tell

me otherwise, who should I follow? You? Or Jesus? Jesus,

he see what I'm saying, you know, So everything is a judgment against

them, judgment, judgment, judgment. So Jesus is still haunting them,

even from the grave, you know, literally, you know, but this

guy, we thought, we put him on the cross, and until now,

his name is still haunting us. You know, he cannot run away,

you know, so scary, you know he's from I'm not gonna haunt

you from the grave. But we know Jesus is beyond the grave. He's

reason from the grave, literally, reason from the grave. This guy,

who is this Jesus? Oh no, he don't him. His disciples,

his power, he's name is still you know, affecting us. We're still

running away. We're still trying to put out this fire. We thought there

was put out ready. Okay. So then he says here in verse eleven,

this is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become

the chief corner stone. Nor is there salvation in any other For there is

no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be safe.

So if they believe in this miracle, you believe in that God answers only

the righteous. You believe that God has raised them, and the and the

and the miracles give evidence to their I want to let you know this is

just not just a miracle. It is the salvation of every man. The

salvation of every man across this whole must come under the name of Jesus.

Amen not loud enough that amen, Amen, And are so I hobb today

are by the end you will all prayer? When you say said bully in

the name of Jesus, because all other things you pray before, it's just

working on. But unless you sign it in the name of Jesus, in

boldness and believer, yes, not power. People, you don't say what

I'm saying. Now every one of us can pray in the name of Jesus.

There is power. Amen. Let me It calls to the third last

part. Okay, verse thirteen. Okay, let me just read now.

When they saw the bldness of Peter and John and perceive that they were uneducated

and untrained men, they marveled and they realized that they had been with Jesus.

Oh. Remember I told you, it's like remembering, like de jabul

like a recap. This is like Jesus, but it's not Jesus. It's

the disciples. But yet the same presence and the power is still there.

The same fear grips them. And I was like, oh no. And

seeing the men who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing.

Not only it reminds them there is the evidence. You know, it's

working on. They're being instead of judging them, they're are not being judge.

Or how the tables have flipped, how the tables have turned amazing,

isn't it how God does things? Are? It's amazing in all? Okay?

Now, when they had commanded them to go outside of the council,

their comfort among themselves, saying, what should we do to this man?

For indeed that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all

who do well in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. Okay, But

so if it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them

that from now on they speak to no man in this name. So what's

the one thing they want to stop? You? Are they do they have

a problem you're meeting together? No? Do a problem with you worshiping?

No? Do they have a problem with you? Pray? No? Or

I can do all this thing as long as one thing you don't do.

Don't say the name of Jesus. Don't do anything, don't sign any check,

do prayer, close any prayer in the name of Jesus. You want

to use God camp but I don't use the name of Jesus because everything else

we can do it's just decoration. It's just words, you know. But

it's the signature. It's the name of Jesus that makes everything. Okay,

Now I should draw it to a close here Verse twenty two. Okay,

that's what's that's what's the entry. It's a prayer for boldness. Okay.

So that these disciples were let go. I'm skipping here because I'm trying to

trying to keep the time. Okay, I'm keeping the time, okay,

and being let go, they went to their own companions in caase. So

the disciples were let go. They went back to the other believers and reported

all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. So when they

heard that, they raised their voice. Wow, what a testimony. They

raised their voice. Uh, we won accord and said, Lord, you

are God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all all that is

in them, who, by the mouth of your servant David, has said,

why did the nations rage and the people plot vain things? The kings

of the earth to their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the

Lord and his Christ, for truly, against your holy servern Jesus, whom

you anointed both herod and conscious pilot. With the gentiles and the people of

Israel were gathered together to do whatever your hand and your purpose determined before to

be done. Say, all this has been pre appointed, all this has

been ordained. Ready you think that you were doing for yourself. God has

permitted and allowed all things to fall within His boundary and control and influence.

Nothing escapes h Even the evil that you intended God is within God's realm,

and God can use it for the ultimate good. Yeah. I mean right,

It's like it's like a filter. No, you can put whatever you

want to eventually comes up. It's still my product. You know what I'm

saying. You can put whatever you want. How you do, I will

churn it up. Do whatever you are nonsense and evil, nonsense like making

sausage, but it's still ultimately my product. I will periofy I was sanctified,

even the evil of the world. Okay. And when they pray,

sorry, sorry, sorry now verse twenty nine. Okay said that God,

this is what you do. Verse nine. Now, Lord, look at

on their threats. Okay, Now this is the part say they're giving praise

to God. But now there is one part. They now can have a

petition. It's like they can have a request. After seeing this miracle,

after witnessing God doing so much, we have to ask ourselves, what do

you desire? You hear this message today, you say, wow, the

name of Jesus is so powerful. Let me ask you a question, a

very fair question. What do you want right now? Go to hear a

good message? But what does your heart desire right now? Say God?

God say oh you hear this? God say okay, now you hear all

this good? You know what I can do? Tell me what you want

right now? Because that cuts through all the cosmetics, isn't it? Because

now it's not them responding. What is your response? You and I?

What is our response? God is showing us miracle? But what does he

really want for you to watch a movie just to see and praise? What?

What? What? What is that desire that should really come out?

What is that thing that God wants out of his children to say that,

Yes, that's exactly the type of things I want my son and daughter to

want. You get I mean right, every parent here, we we we

have an expectation of our children, you know, to ask the right question,

to desire something that you've always wanted? One So, now what do

we want? What does God? What? What? What? What?

What? What? What? What? What? What? What is stood

up in the believers at that moment, What did they ask for? What

did they ask for? They stay here? Now look and look on their

threats, and grant to your servants, mean to usk and us, God,

grant to your servants that we all bonus. They may speak your word

the first one. Lord. And now I've seen this. I want courage.

Give me courage. And now I see your pa, give me courage,

give me all the boness to speak. I need courage. That's why

why did God say be strong and be very courageous. So you're not seeing

just to spectator on. You are called to be courageous because you are warriors.

You are not civilians? Are you are soldiers? Are There's a difference

between a civilian and a soldier. One and not. A civilian in the

times of war will ask why is this happening? Why is there why they're

bullet shooting around their world? Hi? There, pound pom poun poun pound

you all like you know, they're hiring all waiting for someone to save them.

There's a civilian. Hell, you know, a soldier says that how

can we advance? Two different people in the war field, one and no

one is asking why, the other is asking how you don't see what I'm

saying. It's called the soldier. So we cannot stand here. We have

an objective. We stay, that will die, people will die, people

depend upon us. We gotta go. So they said, now I see

this, I not only see your power, I see the objective. God

give me courage, courage to speak in your name. Isn't it that with

all bonus, they may speak your word. But you must understand this,

and it throughout the book of all both of excel. But this is a

very long but I must understand that at that time, and there's no Bible

one. There is scripture, but it's not like, oh, we can

go to a store and buy one another. Books and scriptures are very expensive.

If you have a book, if you have a household a book,

it's like you having a Mercedes Benz. It's so expensive because the book will

take three of four us to write one book one. You know, it's

very very very rare, and so books, knowledge and understanding is very scarce.

People don't have much. But not only there is very little, very

little knowledge and literature. There are many false teachers, many many falsetages,

some pole claiming to know Jesus not many saying, so you have a problem.

How do we know as a believer at that time without you know the

abundance of Bible are whether that person is telling teaching us the right thing,

or that person is a false teacher of false prophet. You have a problem.

You don't have internet at all. I can everywhere I go, I

can drive past the kenough to go and validate what this guy is saying.

You got no such thing. You know, you cannot or cheptscan you whether

you're telling the truth. You cannot at all. So if suddenly I know

thestenly one guy walk down here, that past may something, that pastor may

told. You think he's telling the truth, how you verify that? You

see the Christians that doesn't have a problem. You all we know Bible.

How how do we verify this person selling the truth or not? How does

God safe and preserve his church when these technologies are not there yet? I

call it the two punch. It's like a boxing. God always do two

things. The first thing is the preaching of his word, preach, and

the second thing is here by stretching out your hand to heal that science and

wonder be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus. There is a

preaching. You preach in accordance to the truth. Everything according to scripture.

See, Jesus has never done anything out of scripture. Even think about it.

After he was raiser, the disciples still don't believe him. In all

he had to what did he do do more miracosa? No, he went

back to the scripture. Now he opened the scripture and he's like, oh,

I see, how I understand. The scripture is very important in one

and all. You must know your scripture. Might it's okay? So,

but so there is the preaching of his word. But yet the witnessing of

the world is what gives it the authority. You can teach all these things.

Then, but yet that you say you got power, But yet,

why is it that you cannot heal you got You've got a false prophet coming

in and who can teach you? What I said? It's okay, you

don't need to believe in Jesus, you know, uh, you know you

can. You can believe in Jesus and salvation. You can still see and

know all you want. So how does a pussel go against them? The

past is coming with signs and wonders you get me right to validate. So

we call it the one two punch. Everywhere when you read the Book of

ex not from here on what's from here, almost all of it are everywhere

palling his missionary trip when people there will always be Jews who go against him.

What did he do? He preached, and there signs and wonders preach,

and their signs and wander, and they could not we stand it.

They are doing exactly what Jesus did. Jesus went to every time, preaching

and healing. I say what I'm saying. You know, so God is

gonna come and cheving a pound patch. They cannot take it, they cannot

be And so they say that God, give us that boldness first of all

to preach in your name. And then, by Lord bye, bless the

hands of your servant. That as you pray that whereas you go to hospitals,

as you go to homes, when you touch their hands and you pray,

encourage in honesty and sincerity, and according to scripture, God will heal

and then people will believe. So that should be the desire of our hearts,

you know, to preach in the name of Jesus, and to desire

power for his namesake, not for me, but for his namesake. Lord,

we ask for the miracle so that Lord, they may bor leave.

And he said, no, that's the purpose of miracle and power, so

people will believe, okay. And then last party said and when they had

prayed, the whole place, when they were assembled together, was shaken,

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And this is when we

know what they pray is in accordance to God. When you pray the right

things in the coordnance to God, the place is feel one and on.

And sometimes we like, how come we don't experience it? Are you praying

the right thing in according to what God wants you to pray? When there's

the preaching of the word, okay, when you accordance to truth, when

there is spread, things move one and on. And they spoke the word

with boldness. Amen. Now when you hear this, my question is is

what is your response? What is our response? It's good in the name

of Jesus in it. There's power in the name of Jesus, isn't it.

I hope that this will change your perception about your situation, how you

view every time nowadays and when you go better, you oh, you know

some of us may not pray as much. When you pray for your food,

when you pray for your children, when you pray for your segments.

Do you believe? Do you? Suddenly? Right now, God, I

realized there's power that is actually your power. There's power by me, your

truth, help me and change me. Right now to pray in accordance to

your word, to your will, and with your power, I know that

you can do all things. Amen. I hope that you all be encouraged

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