Acts 3:1-10 zooms in on the first miracle Luke records in post-Pentecost Jerusalem: Peter and John command a man, lame from birth, to walk “in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”
Luke underlines the beggar’s utter helplessness—carried every day to the gate, unable to earn, barred from full temple fellowship. In a heartbeat Jesus’ risen power reverses forty years of disability: bones knit, muscles strengthen, balance arrives, and he’s walking – leaping – praising God inside the temple he could only watch from afar.
That sign shouts two layers of good news.
Present salvation: the man pictures all humanity—spiritually paralysed from birth. The same name that strengthened his feet raises dead hearts today, giving sinners new life, forgiveness and restored worship. Future restoration: Isaiah 35 promised the lame would “leap like a deer” when Messiah’s kingdom dawned. This healing is a trailer for the feature-length restoration Jesus will unveil at His return—the day bodies, relationships, societies and the whole groaning creation are healed perfectly. Nothing is so broken that the risen Christ cannot mend it; His church now lives and serves in that hope while inviting others to step into it.
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