Many Christians confess so quickly that they have faith in the Name of Jesus and use the Name of Jesus while they pray. But do they really believe in that Name? Because when you look at their lives and what they do, the faith they confess is nowhere to be found. What does faith in the Name of Jesus mean? Đức tin nơi Danh Chúa Giê-xu có tác dụng gì? Nhưng quan trọng nhất, how do you develop faith in the Name of Jesus, so that you will walk by faith in power and do all things in the Name of Jesus? Because if you don’t have faith in the Name of Jesus, then you can’t speak the same words as Jesus and can’t do the same works as Jesus.
The lame man asked Peter and John for alms
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, nói, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
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. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up:and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, và bước đi, and entered with them into the temple, đi bộ, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God (Hành vi 3:1-9)
trong Công vụ 3:1-9, we read about the lame man, who was brought and laid daily at the gate of the temple, to ask for alms. And what better place is there to ask for alms than the temple? People that go to the temple and worship God, are people who care about the poor, isn’t that right? Vì thế, there wasn’t a better place to ask for alms, than the temple.
About the ninth hour (3 pm) Peter and John were about to go into the temple, when the lame man asked them for alms, just like he asked for alms from other people.
The new man belongs to the generation of faith
But Peter and John weren’t Sự sáng tạo cũ nữa không, they had become sự sáng tạo mới, trong Chúa Giê Su Ky Tô. They had received God’s nature, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They didn’t belong to the faithless generation anymore, but they belonged to the generation of faith, người đi theo Thánh Thần.
Chúa Giêsu là Đấng đầu tiên của sự sáng tạo mới này, người bước theo Thánh Linh chứ không theo xác thịt, và Peter, John, và tất cả các môn đệ khác đều trở thành môn đồ của Ngài.
Người què này đi xin bố thí, nhưng anh ấy đã không nhận được những gì anh ấy yêu cầu.
Khi Phi-e-rơ và Giăng dán mắt vào người què, Phêrô ra lệnh cho người què nhìn họ. Người què vâng lời Phêrô, bởi vì người què dường như nghĩ, rằng khi anh ấy vâng lời anh ấy, anh ấy sẽ nhận được của bố thí. Nhưng người què đã không nhận được, những gì anh ấy mong đợi nhận được.
Phêrô nói với người què, rằng anh ta không có bạc hay vàng, nhưng đó là những gì anh ấy có, anh ấy sẽ đưa cho anh ấy, Và đó là: Mạng sống.
Sau đó Peter hướng dẫn người đàn ông, nhân danh Chúa Giêsu, đứng dậy và bước đi. Peter không đợi để xem, chuyện gì sẽ xảy ra, but Peter took the lame man by the right hand and lifted him up
Strength entered the feet and ankle bones of the lame man
Tại thời điểm đó, strength entered his feet and ankle bones, and the lame man leaped up, stood, và bước đi. The lame man, ai đã được chữa lành, went with John and Peter into the temple, while he was walking, leaping, and praising God.
Cơ thể của anh ấy, which was weak (cái chết), had become alive by Jesus Christ, by His power.
Many people say that the lame man was healed, because of his faith. But that isn’t true, because in Acts 3:16 we read why the lame man was healed:
And His Name through faith in His Name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: vâng, the faith which is by Him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all (Hành vi 3:16).
What does faith in the Name of Jesus LÀM?
Peter had faith in the Name of Jesus. He knew his position in Jesus Christ and the authority (sức mạnh) that was given to all those, who believe in Jesus Christ and are seated in Him.
When Peter fastened his eyes upon this man, Peter did not look whether the man had enough faith. The lame man had no faith, because the lame man asked for alms and not for healing.
The lame man didn’t ask for mercy in order to be healed (when Jesus walked on the earth, people asked Him for mercy, để chữa bệnh). Therefore this man had no faith. It never came up in his mind, that his body would become strong and that he could walk again.
Why did Peter fasten his eyes upon the lame man?
Peter fastened his eyes upon the lame man, because at that moment Peter took his position in Jesus Christ and gave him a commandment. The lame man was willing and obeyed him. Because of that Peter, took authority over the spirit of paralysis, which reigned from birth for more than 40 years over his body (Đọc thêm: How to walk in the dominion that God has given to you?).
The evil spirit in the lame man became subject to the Name of Jesus. When Peter commanded the lame man to rise up and walk and took the lame man by the right hand, the life of Christ entered his body and made that evil spirit flee.
This man wasn’t healed by Peter’s own power, nor by his righteousness, but the lame man was healed by faith in the Name of Jesus.
Peter knew, Chúa Giêsu Kitô là ai, and knew his position in Christ. And from that position in Christ, in the Heavenly places, Peter walked as the new creation; in the authority of Jesus Christ on earth. Just like Jesus walked in the power; authority in the Name of God on earth (Đọc thêm: ‘Làm thế nào để có niềm tin vào Chúa?‘)
‘Hãy là muối của trái đất’
