走着，跳着，赞美神
使徒行传三章1至11节
1申初祷告的时候，彼得、约翰上圣殿去。
2有一个人，生来是瘸腿的，天天被人擡来，放在殿的一个门口，那门名叫美门，要求进殿的人赒济。
3他看见彼得、约翰将要进殿，就求他们赒济。
4彼得约翰定睛看他；彼得说：你看我们！
5那人就留意看他们，指望得着甚么。
6彼得说：金银我都没有，只把我所有的给你：我奉拿撒勒人耶稣基督的名，叫你起来行走！
7于是拉着他的右手，扶他起来；他的脚和踝子骨立刻健壮了，
8就跳起来，站着，又行走，同他们进了殿，走着，跳着，赞美神。
9百姓都看见他行走，赞美神；
10认得他是那素常坐在殿的美门口求赒济的，就因他所遇着的事满心希奇、惊讶。
11那人正在称为所罗门的廊下，拉着彼得、约翰；众百姓一齐跑到他们那里，很觉希奇。
信息分享
这样的神迹医治当然是很奇妙和触目的。然而，彼得随后所宣讲的救恩(三12-19)，却是一个更奇妙的神迹，可惜我们却经常把它忽略了。
假设你的教会在某个聚会中，有一个患了重病的人得着医治，而另一个人则决志把生命交给耶稣基督，因而得着救恩。试想，当散会之后，众人在回家途中，最多谈论的会是哪个人呢？显然是前者了，你说是吗？
然而，耶稣在约翰福音十四章12节向门徒说了些甚么呢？祂应许他们，他们要作更大的事。怎么可能呢？因为门徒将来的工作，会引领人得着救恩；那当然比医治人的身体更伟大了。
救恩能给人永远的好处；相比之下，身体得着医治只能带来暂时的好处，顶多只能持续至今生。救恩却能引带我们进入天堂，与基督一起，直至永永远远。
神并没有在每个人身上行医治的神迹，然而，任何人只要奉耶稣的名向神求取救恩，神就必然赐予。你是否已经祈求耶稣基督进入你的生命之中，让祂来拯救你，使你不再永远与神隔绝呢？请读使徒行传四章12节，请记着：除了耶稣基督之外，再无任何人可以拯救你了。
只要你愿意邀请耶稣基督进入你的心中，你就必得着神所赐的喜乐与平安。你或许未必一下子感受得到，但随着你学习去信靠神的话语，你将发现你内心的喜乐与平安必与日俱增。
WALKING, LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD
Acts 3: 1 – 11
1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
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;
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
11 Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.
Message
A miracle of healing like this is wonderful and would always attract attention. But the miracle of salvation which Peter went on to talk about (3: 12 – 19) is even more wonderful. Yet sometimes we do not realise that truth.
Supposing in one of our church services a man was healed of a serious illness and another man gave his heart and life to Jesus Christ and was saved. Which man would people talk about the most as they went home? They would talk more about the man who was healed rather than the man who was saved, don’t you think?
Yet what did Jesus say to the disciples in John 14:12? He promised that they would do even greater works than those that he had done. How? Because their work would be to bring men and women to the place of salvation and that is even greater than just healing their bodies.
Salvation lasts for ever and ever. Physical healing only lasts as long as we are here on earth. Salvation carries us on into heaven and eternity with Christ.
God doesn’t give healing to everyone but he does give salvation to anyone who asks for it in the name of Jesus. Have you asked Jesus Christ to come into your heart and life and save you from being separated from God for ever? Read Acts 4:12 and see for yourself that there is no-one else who can save you, only Jesus Christ.
If you will do this just now, there will come happiness and peace into your life. It may not come immediately but as you learn to trust God’s Word for yourself, that peace and joy will grow in your heart.