Peter and John went to pray. They met a lame man on the way. He asked for alms as he held out his palms, and this is what Peter did say...Well, apart from wondering how a man could hold out his palms if he had no arms (sorry, bad joke, but for a long time that is what I thought the words meant), Peter had a decision to make:
- Decision 1: What should my response be?
- Options:
- Walk by with my head down and hope he doesn't notice me.
- Apologise that I have no spare change because I gave it to the last lame bloke I saw.
- Step out in faith and go for the healing
- Risks:
- Not really any, except that he might notice me and then I'd have to have a swift change of plan
- None. Other than the obvious 'Jesus knows the truth'. But grace is great.
- Jesus might not heal him. Then I'd look really stupid, he'd get upset and it might halt the advance of the gospel
- Decision made: Option 3
This was only the first decision Peter had to make in this chapter. Check back here as I get through more of them and draw together a conclusion.
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