Acts 3- The Power in the Name of Jesus

The Power in the Name of Jesus

There is power in the robe of Jesus (Luke 8:43-48). There is power in the words of Jesus (John 5:8). There is power in the name of Jesus.

In Acts 3:1-10, we read about a man, lame from birth, asking for alms (begging) at a place called the Beautiful Gate. He was looking for some kind of financial support since he was lame and did not not have the ability to walk (his friends carried him). Peter and John were walking into the temple through the gate and the man asked for alms. Peter turned to him and said "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"

Acts 3:11-16, we read that people were amazed at the miracle that they just witnessed of this man. Peter had to speak to the people again as he did in Acts 2, and calls out their wonder and amazement and tells them that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the same God of Jesus that was turned over to Pilate. He continues to tell them that it is through faith in the name of Jesus that the man was healed, not by the strength of the disciples themselves.

Peter and John had an opportunity to obtain glory that was not theirs even though people thought it was. Peter turned the focus from him to the power in the name of Jesus as God's will is done. When life hits you hard and breaks you down and has you desperate that you are willing to beg, just know that there is power in the name of Jesus. And when you are surrounded by those who follow Christ, they can assist in bringing that power forth in the name of Jesus.

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Luke 2:49 - My Father's House

My Father's House

In this chapter we get to see Jesus's birth and an excerpt from when he was 12. The excerpt by itself could seem rather normal, but if you have read through Matthew and Mark with me, then you understand nothing about Jesus was normal, primarily because he was God in the flesh.

During the Feast of the Passover in Jerusalem, Jesus went with Mary and Joseph as was the custom. After it ended, Jesus was thought to be traveling back with them, but he was not with them. They returned to Jerusalem to see him sitting among the teachers asking questions and listening to them. Mary and Joseph were worried and I love the response Jesus had and I will tie this in to who we are today. Jesus's response in Luke 2:49 was “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?” 

It was the custom during this time for the son to take on the same work his father had involved himself with. We know Jesus was a carpenter as was Joseph, but we can't overlook (while I can understand the reason why) that Jesus is God's son, not Joseph's. While Jesus had taken on the customary apprenticeship of his earthly father, he also took on the work his Heavenly Father had for him.

God has roles for each of us, but if we are not in tune with what God want's from us, then we are just fulfilling earthly duties. I ask you this question, are you about your Father's business? Are you doing what it is God wants you to do? I don't just mean with work or school (but it could be that), but outside of the church for the purpose of spreading God's word and the life of Christ.

We must be about our Father's business and be in our Father's house. We are to do what God directs us to do out of obedience for Him. Even Jesus, after Mary and Joseph found him still in Jerusalem, he went back with them to Nazareth and was submissive to them (verse 51). Jesus was doing what he was supposed to and that was pleasing to God.

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