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The Lame Man from Acts 3

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  Miracles without faith, Conclusion   Introduction One of the more unique ways that we can show decency to the human race is by performing a random act of kindness. Hand out a gift card from a fast-food restaurant to someone looking for money for food, compliment a complete stranger on the shirt that they are wearing, or simply lend a listening ear to someone who needs to vent. In the New Testament, a beggar got more than he bargained for when Peter and John approached him on the way in to the temple. This, of course, was more than a random act of kindness, but it showed the true spirit of being a disciple of Christ.   Lame for 40 Years We meet this man in Acts 3 and he’s described as follows, in verse 2, 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 from those who entered the temple. But it’s not until Acts 4:22, that we learn that this lame man was over 40 ...