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<p class="tab-1">In this chapter we have a miracle and a sermon: the miracle wrought to make way for the sermon, to confirm the doctrine that was to be preached, and to make way for it into the minds of the people; and then the sermon to explain the miracle, and to sow the ground which by it was broken up. I. The miracle was the healing of a man that was lame from his birth, with a word speaking (<a class="bibleref" title="Acts.3.1-Acts.3.8" href="/passage/?search=Acts.3.1-Acts.3.8">Acts 3:1-8</a>), and the impression which this made upon the people, <a class="bibleref" title="Acts.3.9-Acts.3.11" href="/passage/?search=Acts.3.9-Acts.3.11">Acts 3:9-11</a>. II. The scope of the sermon which was preached here upon was to bring people to Christ, to repent of their sin in crucifying him (<a class="bibleref" title="Acts.3.12-Acts.3.19" href="/passage/?search=Acts.3.12-Acts.3.19">Acts 3:12-19</a>), to believe in him now that he was glorified, and to comply with the Father’s design in glorifying him, <a class="bibleref" title="Acts.3.20-Acts.3.26" href="/passage/?search=Acts.3.20-Acts.3.26">Acts 3:20-26</a>. The former part of the discourse opens the wound, the latter applies the remedy.</p>
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