Acts 3:1-10

A while back, I saw a video of a homeless man being interviewed. He wanted to do better, but he had fallen on hard times. He was forced to pan-handle. He said people would constantly point and stare. They’d constantly yell at him to get a job. He said he’d been trying to find a job, but he didn’t have nice clothes or a way to groom himself. They’d always said to leave a phone number so they could call him. But even if they wanted to call him, they couldn’t because he didn’t have a phone. He was stuck. How was he ever going to get out of the situation he was in?

Verses 1-2
John and Peter were heading to church to pray. They came upon a man that had found himself in the same situation described above. He was at rock bottom, and it didn’t look like anything was going to change.

Remember what had happened in the previous chapter. It was the first day of Pentecost – such a spirit-filled day. The disciples and others were together. They all had the same thing in mind. They were all with one accord.

What a service we could have if we were all here for the same reason! Let’s face it. Sometimes we come to church when we aren’t really into it. Sometimes we come to church because it’s what we always do on Sunday. Or it’s easier to just go to church for an hour or so rather than hear the wife/husband/mom nag for days.

But when there was a room full of people ready to praise God, the Spirit fell. It’s amazing how one person can trigger another person. It’s a chain reaction.

The Bible says that those who were on the outside looking in thought they were drunk, but it was the Holy Ghost! Peter got to preach while that was happening. He preached the Gospel to them, and it pricked their hearts. Three thousand souls were saved that day. By the end of the chapter, it says that people just kept getting saved.