START STRONG 2 - AMAZING STRENGTH - PTR. VETTY GUTIERREZ - 10AM MORNING SERVICE
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8 Then Peter, filled with the HolySpirit, said to them, "Rulers andelders of our people,
9 are we being questioned todaybecause we've done a good deedfor a crippled man? Do you want toknow how he was healed?
Acts 4:8-10
10 Let me clearly state to all of youand to all the people of Israel thathe was healed by the powerfulname of Jesus Christ the Nazarene,the man you crucified but whomGod raised from the dead.
Acts 4:8-10
Boldness/Strength:
parrhesia (par-rhay-see'-ah); outspokenness, assurance, courage, confidence; to act
without fear.
Peter was the most weak of all the disciples.
His strength is his weakness. He speaks before he thinks.
Any strength that is not anchored to Jesus is just
ordinary strength, and that is also the start of your
weakness.
When Peter submit his weakness to the Lord, it became his strength.
Strength is nothing, unless it is anchored to Jesus.
Peter was a strong-willed man. He was impulsive
before, that’s why he always fails. He even denied our
Lord Jesus Christ, but when he surrendered it to Jesus, his weakness becomes his
strength.
Imagine when he preached his first preaching, 3000 accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and
Lord.
Christians were on fire.
1 One day Peter and John weregoing up to the temple at the time ofprayer—at three in the afternoon.
2 Now a man who was lame frombirth was being carried to the templegate called Beautiful, where he wasput every day to beg from thosegoing into the temple courts.
Acts 3:1-10
3 When he saw Peter and Johnabout to enter, he asked them formoney.
4 Peter looked straight at him, as didJohn. Then Peter said, “Look at us!”
5 So the man gave them hisattention, expecting to getsomething from them.
Acts 3:1-10
6 Then Peter said, “Silver or gold Ido not have, but what I do have Igive you. In the name of JesusChrist of Nazareth, walk.”
7 Taking him by the right hand, hehelped him up, and instantly theman’s feet and ankles becamestrong.
Acts 3:1-10
8 He jumped to his feet and beganto walk. Then he went with theminto the temple courts, walking andjumping, and praising God.
9 When all the people saw himwalking and praising God,
Acts 3:1-10
10 they recognized him as the sameman who used to sit begging at thetemple gate called Beautiful, andthey were filled with wonder andamazement at what had happenedto him.
Acts 3:1-10
21 Because of what they are doingthe Priests, the captain of theGuard, and the Sadduceesarrested Peter and John and putthem in trial and the good thing isthat they don’t know what to do withPeter and John.
Acts 4:21
8 Then Peter, filled with the HolySpirit, said to them, "Rulers andelders of our people,
9 are we being questioned todaybecause we've done a good deedfor a crippled man? Do you want toknow how he was healed?
Acts 4:8-10
10 Let me clearly state to all of youand to all the people of Israel thathe was healed by the powerfulname of Jesus Christ theNazarene, the man you crucifiedbut whom God raised from thedead.
Acts 4:8-10
The Sadducees are very strong in their belief that
Jesus did not resurrect, and they declare war to Peter
and John.
But their strength is nothing compared to the strength that Peter and John because they have Jesus with them and if
Jesus is with you, you are the strongest man ever.
13 The members of the council wereamazed when they saw theboldness of Peter and John, forthey could see that they wereordinary men with no specialtraining in the Scriptures. They alsorecognized them as men who hadbeen with Jesus.
Acts 4:13
13 (The leaders) could see that(Peter and John) were ordinarymen with no special training in theScriptures.
Acts 4:13
Before you don’t read the Bible, but when anchored
your life to Jesus,
He gives you extraordinary strength.
31 but those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength. They willsoar on wings like eagles; they willrun and not grow weary, they willwalk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
Our Goal is not strength. Knowing Christ is the goal.
Strength is a by-product from knowing Christ.
1—Time 2—Faith3—Strength4—Results
What are your Weaknesses that you
could give to God that will become
your strength?
What are your strength that people
notice?
What are things that you want
others to see you as your strength?