Acts 3: 1-10

(Acts 3: 1-10)

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, said, 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 ancle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God:  And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

 

There appears a person begging at the tailgate of the temple. He was born with a disability from birth. It would have been a life that had to always keep his attention on others because it would have been difficult to live a normal life without the help of others. Even when his life was fixed and he became an adult, going to and from places where he was begging was the weakest life he had to rely on for help from others. The interest he had was a penny thrown at him by someone passing by.

His life was a life of seeing people from that point of view. Peter and John went to the temple to pray, according to the Jewish custom of praying three times a day. It was around 3pm, and on that day, as with any other day, the paraplegic handicapped, who was unable to walk while he was born, came by a stretcher and came to the tailgate, and he was sitting in front of the tailgate and begging. At last he saw Peter and John passing before him. He just looked and begged for a penny. Just then Paul and John also looked at him with his begging attention. And he told the disabled to look at them. At the words of Peter and John the handicapped looked at them, concentrating on what they would gain from Peter and John.

『Walk in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth』 When Peter and John's gaze and his gaze met deeply, in Peter's words, a new life of the paraplegic disorder began. It did not mean only physical healing, though. His eyes, who had only seen what he saw, opened his eyes to see the eternal, invisible life. It started with letting down one's gaze that only looked for what was visible, and first of all, it started from seeing someone so deeply and paying attention to themselves with the gaze of seeing what is invisible.

Peter's declaration, "Rise up and walk in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth," was by no means a mandate. There was full of interest for eternity and love for life. Such concern is to save the dead spirit. A person with a disability from birth means a person whose spirit has died from birth. So, the work of the Holy Spirit to save the spirit through Peter takes place. It depends on what people are looking at. When you are facing the world, you are still a dead spirit, but when you are facing God the Word, the spirit comes alive.

In addition, when the eyes of Peter and John, who looked at him (Adenizo), not the eyes of those who looked at the paraplegic handicapped person (Aido), become the eyes of God, they are the eyes that save the spirit. When the person who wants to save the spirit meets the person who wants to be saved, the spirit comes to life. The heart to save the spirit is the heart of God. Those who want the spirit to be raised are the hearts of those who repent. Only those who realize that they have left God can repent of God.

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