Peter’s Healing Meeting

I’m making an attempt to get a peep into Peter’s sermon notes for the sermon he delivered when he healed a cripple at the Beautiful gate. Here’s how he started…
#1. Acts3: 12 - …as if by our own power or godliness…
#2. Acts3 :13
You handed him over…
You disowned him…
Vs 14 - You disowned the Holy and Righteous One …
You killed him
#3. Acts3 : 19 – Repent, then, and turn to God…

Today’s Healing meetings…
What a contrast from the one mentioned above. Our meetings are orchestrated to draw crowds. We call those who have been healed, to the stage and do a talk show. Usually the lines that the hosts say will go along this one “ God heard Pastor’s prayer and healed….”.
But Peter shouted “…as if by our own godliness…”.

We make a big spectacle of the healing, but Peter made a big spectacle of their sins (You handed him, …disowned him, …killed him).

We are interested in filling the pews for our next meeting and so we say “Do you want to be healed also… come to the meeting/watch this program…” But Peter was interested in filling heaven and that’s why he said “Repent, then, and turn to God…”.

Jesus pronounced woes on the cities that did not repent on account of the miracles done there (Matt 11). Let’s hear some MEN being as plain as Peter was. Let’s hear some ‘Woe unto you Korazin’ (Matt 11:21).

Repentance - The missing theme

In Matthew 11 Jesus pronounces 'woes' on the unrepentant cities. He had done miracles and had healed the sick in these cities. Now he was expecting repentance. Jesus' healing ministry had a purpose - It was repentance. Today one thing that seems to be missing in the healing ministries is this - the emphasis on repentance. Let's hear our healing ministers shout 'woes' on our cities because we don't repent.