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John filed by. Verse 5 said that he looked up expecting to receive
something. He had no idea what he would receive. He thought he
would just get a coin or two. He expected to be the same that night
that he was the day before. But this day his life would be changed
forever. Peter and John were different. They weren’t different in
what they had.

Every Christian has Christ. Not every Christian knows it. Some
don’t rely upon it. They have Christ but they don’t depend upon the
Lord. Acts 3:4, “And Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze upon
him and said, ‘Look at us!’” Peter said, “Look at us!” What was he
saying? Was he saying, “We are the answer to your problem? Look
at us. We’re important. We have what you need. Look at us.” I
know he didn’t mean that because of Acts 3:12, “But when Peter
saw this, he replied to the people, ‘Men of Israel, why do you marvel
at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we
had made him walk?’” Peter said, “Look at us.” And then when
they accused him he said, “Why are you looking at us?” When he
said, “Look at us, he didn’t mean that.” He said, “Look at us and
see somebody else. See Jesus. We can’t do this in our own power.
We can’t make a lame man walk.”

Peter and John were conscious that Christ was living in their lives.
Jesus had come to live again, but now in His church. Our Lord
Jesus, when He lived on earth for thirty three and a half years, said,
“If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.” Now, you are a
Christian. Others should look at you and if they see you, they should
have seen Christ. If they see me, they’ve seen Christ.

I want you to picture the scene as it happens. Acts 3:7, “And seizing
him by the right hand, he raised him up and immediately his feet and
his ankles were strengthened.” The point I want you to see is that
Peter, the big fisherman, reached down with his right hand and
grabbed him by the hand and stood him on his feet. Later when he
prayed in Acts 4:30, “…while thou dost extend Thy hand to heal,
and signs and wonder take place through the name of Thy holy