Acts 4:8-10
"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.'"
Peter and John were hauled before Jewish religious leaders for healing a crippled man in the name of Christ outside the doors of the temple. Led by the Spirit's touch, Peter claims no other defense for the power he had received to do this healing other than in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was by the name of Jesus that the crippled man was made whole.
This the role of the Spirit, to bring those needing spiritual healing to the person of Jesus Christ. This is the role of the Spirit, to lead a man to testify of the Lord's compassions even in the face of fearful odds. This is the role of the Spirit, to confess the name of Jesus when faced with persecutions. This is the role of the Spirit, to make one whole through the Lord's mercies.
Like this cripple man, when we come helpless before the God of the universe, the Spirit makes us whole. We receive a literal healing of our souls, not because of our great faith, or because of our own worthiness, but because of the Lord's grace to sinners. When we are at our weakest point, Jesus sends the Spirit upon us to bring new birth.
LORD JESUS
Lord, I thank you for healing of your Spirit's touch, bringing wholeness to the life of sinners. In thankfulness to your mercies, I give my life fully to you. Amen.
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