Be the Miracle - Bob Levin

 

Historical Tsunami… vs 1-9

 

Ø  5000 believers & counting… vs. 4

 

Ø  Real people & places… Annas,Caiaphas… vs. 6

 

 

   

Ø  Friendly & hostile witnesses agree… “notable signs”… vs 16

 

“Jesus was hanged on Passover eve…because he has practiced sorcery

                          and led Israel astray and enticed them…”

                                                --fromthe Jewish Mishnah, sometime after 70 A.D

 

Ø  Transformation of Peter, John &disciples… vs 8, 13

 

 

Painful paradox…vs. 10-12

 

Ø  “you crucified… but God raised”

Ø  “this man stands before you healed”

Ø  “the stone you rejected… has become the cornerstone”

                                                                         (Psalms 118:33)

 

        >> No other name… vs. 12, John 14:6

 

 

Be the miracle… vs. 13-16

 

Ø  “these men had been with Jesus”… vs. 13

Ø  “an act of kindness”… vs. 9