OzThoughts – Friday, 5th June, 2009

OzThoughts – Friday, 5th June, 2009

One of the volunteers at the hospital where I work has a beautiful and rich voice. To go with that voice is excellent enunciation of each word. I said to him the other day, “With a voice like yours, did you work in radio?” His reply was that he always wanted to be a radio journalist but that had not happened. He had however worked in little theatre. I then replied so that’s why your voice projects al the way down the corridor.

I have often wondered about Peter’s voice. Peter was something of a Paul Potts or a Susan Boyle. Paul Potts was a manager at Carphone Warehouse is a British tenor who won the first Britain’s Got Talent in 2007. Susan Boyle was dragged from an ordinary life in an ordinary house in an ordinary village by an excellent voice exposed on this year’s version of Britain’s Got Talent.
Now, I don’t know if Peter could sing but he was called by Jesus and readily responded leaving behind the simple but hard life to follow a nomadic teacher, who continually upset people by being the Messiah sent from God. Jesus taught his Disciples how they would continue to teach the things he had taught them.
As Peter and John walked to the Temple they may have been hoping for another time of quiet prayer and meditation. They were probably wanting a day of quiet recovery of mind, body and soul. The day before had begun with quiet prayer and fellowship, but God had intervene in their quiet meeting and the Holy Spirit had come upon them.
Then they had gone outside and Peter used the new Holy Spirit presence and power and gift of communication to explain everything about Jesus and the Holy Spirit to those who listened. Three thousand had decided to believe what they were told and committed to become followers of Jesus and his way.
Now it was anew day. The Holy Spirit’s power would be demonstrated again. Luke records what happens:
Acts 3:1-16 (The Message)
1-5One day at three o'clock in the afternoon, Peter and John were on their way into the Temple for prayer meeting. At the same time there was a man crippled from birth being carried up. Every day he was set down at the Temple gate, the one named Beautiful, to beg from those going into the Temple. When he saw Peter and John about to enter the Temple, he asked for a handout. Peter, with John at his side, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look here." He looked up, expecting to get something from them.
6-8Peter said, "I don't have a nickel to my name, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!" He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. In an instant his feet and ankles became firm. He jumped to his feet and walked.
8-10The man went into the Temple with them, walking back and forth, dancing and praising God. Everybody there saw him walking around and praising God. They recognized him as the one who sat begging at the Temple's Gate Beautiful and rubbed their eyes, astonished, scarcely believing what they were seeing.
11The man threw his arms around Peter and John, ecstatic. All the people ran up to where they were at Solomon's Porch to see it for themselves.
12-16When Peter saw he had a congregation, he addressed the people:
"Oh, Israelites, why does this take you by such complete surprise, and why stare at us as if our power or piety made him walk? The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his Son Jesus. The very One that Pilate called innocent, you repudiated. You repudiated the Holy One, the Just One, and asked for a murderer in his place. You no sooner killed the Author of Life than God raised him from the dead—and we're the witnesses. Faith in Jesus' name put this man, whose condition you know so well, on his feet—yes, faith and nothing but faith put this man healed and whole right before your eyes.
[Listen: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music3/mus_4082.mp3 ]

All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord of all!

Let every kindred, every tribe,
All nations great and small,
To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all!

Ye sinners lost of Adam's race,
Partakers of the fall,
Come and be saved by Jesus' grace,
And crown him Lord of all!

Crown him, ye martyrs of our God
Who from his altar call;
Extol the power of Jesus' blood,
And crown him Lord of all!

O that with yonder sacred throng
We at his feet may fall,
Join in the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all!
Author: Edwards Perronet (1726-92), alt
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number 056

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