When Peter and John encounter a lame man at the temple gate in Acts 3, they offer not what he asks for but what he actually needs—a demonstration that the most important thing the church has to give the world isn't its own cleverness or morality, but the name and authority of Jesus Christ. This message from Acts 3 and 4 calls the church to remember its true identity as Spirit-filled witnesses and to stop trying to be what the world already has.
Acts 3:1-10 | additional: Acts 4:12, Philippians 2:9-11