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3. THE WORD “WORKS” IS SOMETIMES
USED FOR “FRUIT” (MATTHEW 5:16;
JAMES 2:26)
C. FRUIT ISSUES FROM THE LORD (HOSEA 14:8)
1. CHRIST IS OUR SOIL (COLOSSIANS 2:6-7;
ISAIAH 37:31)
2. CHRIST IS OUR VINE (JOHN 15:4-5)
3. CHRIST IS OUR GROOM (ROMANS 7:2-4)
4. CHRIST IS OUR VERY LIFE (2
CORINTHIANS 4:10-11)
II PETER AND JOHN AT THE GATE BEAUTIFUL
ILLUSTRATE FRUIT: THE POWER OF THE LORD
THROUGH THEM (ACTS 3:1-9; ACTS 4:29-31)
A. PETER SAYS “LOOK ON US” (ACTS 3:4)
B. PETER SAYS “WHY DO YOU GAZE AT US?”
(ACTS 3:12
C. PETER’S HAND RAISES THE LAME MAN TO HIS
FEET (ACTS 3:7)
D. THE LORD’S HAND RAISES THE LAME MAN TO
HIS FEET (ACTS 4:30)
1. THIS WAS A MIGHTY MIRACLE
a. CRIPPLED FROM BIRTH; MORE
THAN 40 YEARS OLD (ACTS 3:2;
ACTS 4:22)
b. HIS FIRST STEPS WERE LEAPING
AND PRAISING GOD (ACTS 3:8)
2. PETER GIVES JESUS CREDIT FOR THE
MIRACLE (ACTS 3:6;ACTS 3:16; ACTS 4:7;
ACTS 4:10; ACTS 4:17-18; ACTS 4:30;
ACTS 5:40-41)

III STEPHEN ILLUSTRATES FRUIT AS HE MANIFESTS
THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST (ACTS 6:5; ACTS 6:8)
A. THE WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS ARE
THE WORDS OF A CRUCIFIED MAN
1. THE FIRST WORD: A WORD OF
FORGIVENESS (LUKE 23:34)
2. THE LAST WORD: A WORD OF
SURRENDER (LUKE 23:46)
B. STEPHEN IS A CRUCIFIED MAN (ACTS 7:54-58)