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Thurs 10th September – Acts chapter 3:14-18:
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Thurs 10th September Read Acts chapter 3:14-18:
V14: So, Peter declares how Israel rejected ” the Holy and Righteous One” – words that could only be applied to Jesus in His own right – asking instead for the release of the robber and murderer Barabbas ( Mark 25:6-11,)
V15: Thus, they were instrumental in the death of Jesus, He who is ” the Author of life” – the source of all life, both physical from creation ( John1:3-4) and spiritual, through faith in His redeeming work ( John 1:12-13; 11:25-26.)
V16: The beggar has been healed through the Name of Jesus, called on by Peter in living faith. ( It is not clear if the beggar had faith in Jesus himself, perhaps, but we are told the man has received “perfect health” – complete healing, which in Christ is so much more than physical, it is salvation in the full sense, and suggests that by the grace of God, he did believe.)
V17: And though Peter has pointed to their guilt in rejecting Jesus, he now says they were ignorant of the full enormity of what they did – even their rulers were ( though this may seem strange to us, when we consider the gospel records) – yet clearly even they failed to understand what they did fully ( though this does not deny their guilt.)
V18: But all that happened was foretold in OT prophecy, and was of course the eternal plan and purpose of God in His amazing grace. The true Christ had to suffer these things ( Isaiah 53; Luke 24:25-27.) and this is now fulfilled in Jesus.