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MARCH 13, 2022
STUDY NOTES
ACTS 3:14-18
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
GOD GIVEN FAITH IN HIS NAME
INTRODUCTION
The lame man that was healed had entered the Temple with Peter and John
He immediately drew attention, everyone in the Temple knew who he was
He was the lame man who was daily placed at the gate of the Temple to beg for money
Now he was walking, leaping, and praising God, and a crowd gathered around him
Peter did not see a crowd, he saw a congregation, he saw an opportunity to preach
The fact that they were Jews did not disturb Peter, he was not afraid to tell them the truth
He begins his sermon with “you men of Israel,” pointing out who they were, God’s chosen nation
They should have known what was happening that day, God was glorifying His Son Jesus
Peter explained to them what was happening that day by preaching a sermon to them
It was not a modern day “Sunday Sermonette” to satisfy “Selfish Saints” and make them feel good
Listen to his introduction, Act 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our
fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate,
when he was determined to let him go.
Then Peter begins to explain what he told them in his introduction
Act 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Peter once again pinpoints the guilt of the Jewish nation, “But you,” you did it, you “denied” Jesus
Which he had stated in the previous verse, you denied, disowned, and rejected Jesus, your Messiah
The Jews refused to accept the truth of Jesus, Peter presented the truth of Jesus to them
Jesus is “the Holy One,” a truth that even the demons recognize, Luk 4:34 Saying, Let us alone; what
have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?
art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art;
the Holy One of God.
(Satan knows who Jesus is, but he doesn’t want you to know who Jesus is)
The chosen nation of God refused to see what the demons could see, Jesus was “the Holy One of God”
The Jews knew of the vision of Isaiah, Isa 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is
the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
(Heaven proclaimed “The Holy One”
“The Holy One” means that Jesus is different from all others, distinct, set apart from all others
He is God’s only begotten Son, Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Jesus is the unique Son, one of a kind, the One and only “Holy One” He is set apart by God as God,
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2
The same was in the beginning with God.
“The Word,” or we can say, “The Holy One” became flesh, Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.
The name of “The Holy One” who became flesh is “Jesus” and Jesus is “the Just”
“The Just” is another title applied to Jesus, presenting Him as the “righteous” One
Righteous meaning without any deficiency, without any failure, Peter was identifying Jesus as innocent
Telling the Jews that they did not see the true person of Jesus, they accused Him of being a criminal
It was not difficult to see that Jesus was “the Holy One and the Just,” we have some examples
Pilate’s wife knew it, Mat 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream
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because of him.
She was saying that Jesus was a righteous man, a man of honor, and not a criminal to be condemned
Pilate knew it, Mat 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was
made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of
this just person: see ye to it.
The Centurion soldier knew it, Luk 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God,
saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
If Jesus was not “The Just” He could not have died for us, 1Pe 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit:
The one who was “just” in character died for those who were unjust in character
The righteous took upon himself the sins of an unrighteous world
The righteous One died for all-of the unrighteous ones, the Holy One died for all-of the unholy ones
Peter tells us why, “that He might bring us to God,” Jesus is the only One who can do that
There is one other verse that applies here, one of my favorite verses in all-of the Bible, 1Jn 1:9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Peter said, you Jews did not see the truth of Jesus, so, you denied, disowned, and rejected Jesus
Instead of accepting Jesus as your Messiah, you “desired a murderer to be granted unto you”
Your choice was that a gift of grace be bestowed upon a murderer and Jesus “The Just” be crucified
Stated in all 4 Gospel accounts (Matthew 27:15-23; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:13-25; John 18: 33-40)
Peter is a master teacher when it comes to the use of contrast, it is one of his most meaningful methods
In the next verse we find the contrast of life and death, what a paradox Peter presented to the Jews
Their desire was for a murderer to be given life and the “Prince of Life” be put to death
Act 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are
witnesses.
The “Prince of Life” presents Jesus as the author, originator, and creator of life, Joh 1:3 All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
(All life exists because of Jesus)
Jesus is the originator of God’s creation, Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Jesus is the sustainer of life, Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Jesus is the Word of Life, 1Jn 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Jesus is the “Bread of Life,” Joh 6:48 I am that bread of life.
Jesus is the “Water of Life,” Joh 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into
everlasting life.
Jesus is the “Resurrection and the Life,” Joh 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Exactly what Peter told the Jews, “whom God hath raised from the dead”
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is a fundamental truth in the book of Acts, Act 4:10 Be it known
unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
According to Acts Jesus is alive (Acts 2:24,32; 3:15,26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40-41; 13:30,33-34,37; 17:3,31)
Jesus confirmed that the price of redemption had been paid when he said, “It is finished,” Joh 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up
the ghost.
(It was not Jesus that was finished)
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