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Acts 3 — Times of Refreshing From the Presence of the Lord
Peter and John go to the temple at the hour of prayer. A man lame from birth begs at the Beautiful Gate; Peter has no silver or gold but commands him in the name of Jesus to rise and walk. The man enters the temple leaping and praising God. As the crowd gathers Peter preaches — the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob hath glorified His Son Jesus, whom you delivered up. Repent... and times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
“Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.”
— Acts 3:6
- v.1-10 The lame man healed
- v.11-16 It is His name that hath made this man strong
- v.17-26 Repent — times of refreshing
Three verbs ramp up — walked, leaping, praising. He had been laid daily at the gate (v.2); now he is inside. The healing was complete enough to make a long-time outsider an inside worshipper.
Where Christ heals, He brings the healed into His house. The miracle is not for show in the street; it ends in worship in the temple. Wholeness moves toward fellowship.
The Prince of life. The author and ruler of life — and the very ones who should have been His worshippers killed Him. The paradox of the cross stated bluntly: killed the Prince of life.
God hath raised from the dead. The reversal is in God's hand, not man's. Whatever the world does to Christ, God answers; the murderers of the Prince of life could not finish what they began.
Repent... and be converted. Two sides of the same turning — away from sin, toward Christ. The blotting out of sin and the coming of refreshing depend on it.
Times of refreshing... from the presence of the Lord. The cure for the dry soul is not technique; it is His face. Whenever His presence is welcomed, refreshing comes; whenever it is resisted, even busy religion stays parched.
Verse 6 is the line every Christian worker eventually reaches — silver and gold have I none. The instinct is to feel disqualified. Peter's answer reframes it: the absence of resources clears the way for the presence of the Name. Do not wait for what you do not have. Bring what you do have — the Name — and watch what He does in places your money could not reach.
The chapter is Peter's second sermon — and the second time he ties everything to Christ. The Prince of life killed by men, raised by God, glorified by the Father, and operative now in His name on the streets. The lame man's leap and Peter's sermon point the same direction: Jesus is alive, He is Lord, and His name still rebuilds broken bodies and broken souls.
Silver and gold have I none. The man asked for the wrong thing. Peter had no coin to give, but he had something the coin would not have purchased — the name of Jesus. The greater gift came because the lesser was absent.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Authority delegated. Peter does not heal in his own strength; the name itself is the operative power. So with every gospel act — the worker is empty-handed but the Name is full.