WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

ACTS 3:1-8

INTRO:   NOTICE PENTECOST HAD ALREADY COME. (EXPLAIN PENTECOST, LEADING UP TO CHAPTER 3.

?         BUT NOTICE IN V.4 OF CHAPTER 3,  WHY WOULD PETER SAY THIS TO THE LAME MAN, LOOK ON US, MEANING HIM AND JOHN.

?         I BELIEVE BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED (JESUS)

?         WE HAVE WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS, IF WERE SAVED,  THEY KNEW WHAT THEY HAD,(SOME DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY GOT)

?         THEY ALSO KNEW IT WASN’T ABOUT THEM BUT ABOUT JESUS!

?         V.5 - NOW IF  YOU WERE IN THIS POSITION AND SOMEONE SAID “LOOK ON US”  YOU WOULD EXPECT SOMETHING FROM THEM.

?         PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING FROM ME AND  YOU AS CHRISTIANS.  THEY EXPECT : RIGHTEOUS LIVING,   HOLY LIVING,  LOVE,  COMPASSION,   WE ARE TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD,  CAREING.

?         BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?     V.6,  BEFORE WE BEGIN, PETER SAID IN OTHER WORDS THEY DIDN’T HAVE SILVER OR GOLD. IN OTHER WORDS THEY DIDN’T HAVE WEALTH, NOR FAME, BUT THEY HAD JESUS BECAUSE HE SAID SUCH AS I HAVE GIVE I THEE.   WE MAY NOT HAVE MUCH DOWN HERE, WE MAY NOT HAVE A MANSION HERE, OR MONEY IN A SWISS BANK, BUT WE HAVE JESUS, THE KING OF KINGS.

?         BUT NOTICE,  THAT SAME PETER THAT DENIED 3 TIMES, HAD SOMETHING TO OFFER THIS POOR LAME MAN.

?         SO YOU MAY BE HERE AND MAYBE YOU’VE  LIVED A CHRISTIAN LIFE AND YOU’VE BACKSLIDE ON GOD, AND THAT GOD COULDN’T USE YOU, BUT HE CAN.  SOME OF YOU NEED TO BURY THE PAST, BECAUSE HE HAS FORGIVEN YOU.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

?         WE  HAVE WHAT PETER AND JOHN HAD

1- THEY HAD COMPASSION    V.6

?         WE NEED TO HAVE MORE COMPASSION FOR EACH OTHER

?         WE NEED TO BEAR ONE ANOTHER BURDENS

?         PETER AND JOHN HAD MERCY ON THE LAME MAN, WE NEED TO HAVE MERCY ON OTHERS.

?         THEY HAD SORROW,PITY, THEY WERE TOUCED BY WHAT THEY SAW.

?         IT OUGHT TO BOTHER US WHEN WE SEE THIS LOST AND DIEING WORLD DIEING AND GOING TO HELL.

2- THEY HAD LOVE   V.6

?         THEY WERE SAYING IN OTHER WORDS WHATEVER I HAVE GIVE I THEE.

?         WE NEED A BURDEN FOR THE LOST, A LOVE THAT SHOWS CONCERN ABOUT THEIR SOUL.

?         I MEAN A LOVE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, A LOVE FOR YOUR ENEMIES.

?         LOVE IS NOT TALKING AND BACKBITTING SOMEONE.

3- THEY HAD  A HELPING HAND    V.7

?         IM GLAD ONE DAY JESUS REACHED DOWN HIS HAND FOR ME.

?         WHEN IM DOWN HE PICKS ME UP.

?         PEOPLE ARE NEEDING TO BE SHOWED THE WAY

?         HELP CARRY THE LOAD

?         WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOWN, WE NEED NOT PUSH HIM ON DOWN

4- THEY HAD  FAITH     V.7

?         THEY KNEW WHAT THEY HAD WOULD GET THE JOB DONE

?         THEY KNEW IN THEY BELIEVED, THEY TRUSTED JESUS

?         WE NEED A FAITH THAT CAN BE SEEN BY OTHERS

5- THEY HAD A SHOULDER TO LEAN ON       V.11

?         THEY CAME AND HELD HIM

?         WE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER,  WE NEED TO SHOULDER OTHER FOLKS AND THEIR PROBLEMS

?         THERES NOTHING LIKE HAVING SOMEONE TO LEAN ON

?         IM GLAD HIS YOKE IS EASY AND HIS BURDEN IS LIGHT

?         THANK GOD WE CAN GO TO HIM FOR REST

CONCLUSION:

     --  WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER?

     --  DO WE  HAVE WHAT  PETER AND JOHN HAD?