Acts Chapter 3 Study Guide
Family Study Guide for September 14 - September 20, 2006
(Read Acts 3 Online)
Reflections on Acts 3 by Ron Fay, PhD. and Former Quizzer
What does it mean to be a mirror?
A mirror never is the center of attention. When someone looks at a mirror, all they want to see is what image is held in the mirror and not the mirror itself. People like mirrors simply for their function, not for being beautifully carved or having exquisite glass. A mirror can be as tall as a building or small enough to fit into a woman’s purse. A mirror is a mirror as long as it does its job: reflecting an image not its own.
In Acts 3, Peter and John walk to the temple and along the way perform an amazing miracle. Rather than taking the glory for themselves or standing around the gate Beautiful and admiring the work they had done in healing the lame man, instead Peter immediately proclaims the greatness of God and the salvation found only in Christ.
Peter and John did not seek praise, rather they gave it. Peter and John did not discuss themselves, rather they talked about their Lord. Peter and John were mirrors, reflecting the glory of God and the salvation that comes from Jesus. They could have been doors, and decided who gets to see God. They could have been windows, and only allowed people to see themselves. Instead, they chose to be mirrors and ignore themselves for the sake of God and their hearers.
The same choice stands before you and me ever day. Will you display only yourself, trying to get the world to like you? Or will you live a life honoring to God and transparent in your faith? Will you be a door or a window?
Perhaps, just perhaps, you will choose to be a mirror reflecting the light of the Son.
Questions to Consider
- How can you be a "mirror" in your life, reflecting God?
- Why did Peter and John choose to heal the crippled man, when he had not asked them to?
- When have you NOT been a mirror in your life?
Bible.Org Outline for Acts 2
II. Book Two: The Expansion of the Church in Jerusalem (3:1–6:7)
A. A Healing by Peter and Its Consequences (3:1–4:31)
1. The Healing of a Man Crippled from Birth (3:1-8)
2. The Response of the Crowd (3:9-10)
3. The Message of Peter (3:11-26)
Finish the Verse Questions for Acts 3
Finish the Verse: Then Peter said, // "Silver or gold
I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." [Acts 3:6]
Finish the Verse: The God of Abraham, // Isaac
and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. [Acts 3:13]
Finish the Verse: You disowned // the Holy
and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. [Acts 3:14-15]
Finish the Verse: But this // is how God
fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. [Acts 3:18]
Finish the Verse: Repent, // then, and turn to God,
so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus. He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. [Acts 3:19-21]
(Read Acts 3 Online)
Reflections on Acts 3 by Ron Fay, PhD. and Former Quizzer
What does it mean to be a mirror?
A mirror never is the center of attention. When someone looks at a mirror, all they want to see is what image is held in the mirror and not the mirror itself. People like mirrors simply for their function, not for being beautifully carved or having exquisite glass. A mirror can be as tall as a building or small enough to fit into a woman’s purse. A mirror is a mirror as long as it does its job: reflecting an image not its own.
In Acts 3, Peter and John walk to the temple and along the way perform an amazing miracle. Rather than taking the glory for themselves or standing around the gate Beautiful and admiring the work they had done in healing the lame man, instead Peter immediately proclaims the greatness of God and the salvation found only in Christ.
Peter and John did not seek praise, rather they gave it. Peter and John did not discuss themselves, rather they talked about their Lord. Peter and John were mirrors, reflecting the glory of God and the salvation that comes from Jesus. They could have been doors, and decided who gets to see God. They could have been windows, and only allowed people to see themselves. Instead, they chose to be mirrors and ignore themselves for the sake of God and their hearers.
The same choice stands before you and me ever day. Will you display only yourself, trying to get the world to like you? Or will you live a life honoring to God and transparent in your faith? Will you be a door or a window?
Perhaps, just perhaps, you will choose to be a mirror reflecting the light of the Son.
Questions to Consider
- How can you be a "mirror" in your life, reflecting God?
- Why did Peter and John choose to heal the crippled man, when he had not asked them to?
- When have you NOT been a mirror in your life?
Bible.Org Outline for Acts 2
II. Book Two: The Expansion of the Church in Jerusalem (3:1–6:7)
A. A Healing by Peter and Its Consequences (3:1–4:31)
1. The Healing of a Man Crippled from Birth (3:1-8)
2. The Response of the Crowd (3:9-10)
3. The Message of Peter (3:11-26)
Finish the Verse Questions for Acts 3
Finish the Verse: Then Peter said, // "Silver or gold
I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." [Acts 3:6]
Finish the Verse: The God of Abraham, // Isaac
and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. [Acts 3:13]
Finish the Verse: You disowned // the Holy
and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. [Acts 3:14-15]
Finish the Verse: But this // is how God
fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. [Acts 3:18]
Finish the Verse: Repent, // then, and turn to God,
so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus. He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. [Acts 3:19-21]
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