Too much chewing gum this Sunday...sermon video post...Acts 3:1-4:4

 

Remember "Big Wad?"  Not sponsored by them, but just remembering putting the whole pack in my mouth on numerous occasions as a kid.  First you experienced the burst of flavor which overwhelms your tastebuds but if you kept chewing that big wad your jaw started talking to you.  Why didn't I just take out half of the contents or maybe even just a quarter of the packet rather than stuffing the whole thing into my mouth? Maybe my thought was that I could throw the packaging away and I wouldn't have to carry it around in my pocket.  

Sometimes I find myself preaching this way.  I definitely bit off more than I should have this Sunday.  I didn't just preach through a whole chapter of the Bible but then stretched into the next.  I have done this before.  I have emptied the whole contents onto the pulpit and then working through it my jaw starts telling my brain that this was way too much material to comprehend at one time.  What happens is that I don't spend as much time on some key points that are worthy of in depth Scripture support and thought.  

So this Sunday will be some recap before moving forward.  The main points will be highlighted so that they don't get lost in all the details that could be pulled out of the account.  

A lame man from birth was physically healed.  It draws a crowd so Peter uses this event to transition to speaking about being spiritually healed.  

The lame man was in a bad way physically for his whole life and so were those spiritually who rejected, denied and substituted another for Jesus.  

Just as the lame man walked, leaped, and praised God for his new physical freedom, so will one who is saved for the new spiritual freedom they have received by faith in the name of Jesus for their salvation.  

The real-time illustration and example was utilized by Peter to speak again about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  I need to look more for the illustrations and examples that are around me in real-time to speak of Jesus.  

Now there is much more in the passage but really that's about all I really should have given people to chew on this Sunday.  Just a confession on this blog post from a pastor when he realizes that he truly does speak too long at times and usually when this happens, it is about stuff that really doesn't matter.  

Lesson to be learned is to leave some gum on the pulpit for next Sunday.

Adam