Acts 9:32-43\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord\u2019s people\u00a0who lived in Lydda.\u00a033\u00a0There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.\u00a034\u00a0\u201cAeneas,\u201d Peter said to him, \u201cJesus Christ heals you.\u00a0Get up and roll up your mat.\u201d Immediately Aeneas got up.\u00a035\u00a0All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.\u00a0 In Joppa\u00a0there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good\u00a0and helping the poor.\u00a037\u00a0About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.\u00a038\u00a0Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples\u00a0heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, \u201cPlease come at once!\u201d\u00a0 39\u00a0Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows\u00a0stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.\u00a0 40\u00a0Peter sent them all out of the room;\u00a0then he got down on his knees\u00a0and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, \u201cTabitha, get up.\u201d\u00a0She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.\u00a041\u00a0He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.\u00a042\u00a0This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.43\u00a0Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201c<\/span>As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord\u2019s people\u00a0who lived in Lydda.\u00a033\u00a0There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.\u00a034\u00a0\u201cAeneas,\u201d Peter said to him, \u201cJesus Christ heals you.\u00a0Get up and roll up your mat.\u201d Immediately Aeneas got up.\u00a035\u00a0All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 We see that Peter did not use a lot of words, he merely said that \u201cJesus Christ heals you.\u00a0Get up and roll up your mat.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Then the man was healed and did as Peter instructed.\u00a0 Words filled with faith in God need not be many, they just need to truly be words faith that come as the Holy Spirit leads.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>In Joppa\u00a0there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good\u00a0and helping the poor.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 She was doing what the disciples deemed as good.\u00a0 (James 1:27<\/b>). She is named by Luke as being a disciple and therefore identifying her as a believer.\u00a0 Tabitha\u2019s name in Greek is mentioned, but not before her birth name.\u00a0 Both Tabitha (Aramaic) and Dorcas (Greek) mean gazelle.\u00a0 She was likely a Jew.<\/p>\n \u201cAbout that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Tabitha died from an unnamed sickness.\u00a0 Then, something unusual was done with her body.\u00a0 It was washed and placed in an upstairs room.\u00a0 This is not what they did when someone died.\u00a0 They would prepare the body for the funeral and surround it with spices to cover the stench of the rotting of the flesh.\u00a0 But they did not do that.\u00a0 They washed her and placed her in an upstairs room.\u00a0 The upstairs room was likely either a bedroom or a place to eat.\u00a0 This would not have been what a Jew would have done. Why did they do this?\u00a0 What follows showed what they were having faith to happen.<\/p>\n \u201cLydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples\u00a0heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, \u201cPlease come at once!\u201d\u00a0 39\u00a0Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows\u00a0stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Peter was nearby (about twelve miles away) and so the friends of Tabitha quickly sent for Peter to come.\u00a0 When Peter arrived he was taken to where Dorcas (Tabitha) was lain.\u00a0 Her friends showed him how she had been kind and provided for the widows.\u00a0\u00a0 Peter would have noted that Tabitha had not been prepared for a funeral.\u00a0 It was quite evident what they were hoping for.<\/p>\n \u201cPeter sent them all out of the room;\u00a0then he got down on his knees\u00a0and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, \u201cTabitha, get up.\u201d\u00a0She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.\u00a041\u00a0He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Peter knew the monumental and humanly impossible thing that that these believers were hoping for.\u00a0 He sent them out of the room and wasted no time in getting on his knees to pray to Jesus, the only person he knew of that this task was not impossible to.\u00a0 After praying for an unknown amount of time Peter turned to Tabitha and merely said \u201cTabitha get up.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Short, succinct, and packed with the power of faith.\u00a0 What was Peter thinking when she opened her eyes?\u00a0 Was he blown away or did he, having prayed in faith, watch what he fully expected to happen?\u00a0 How would we react?\u00a0 Could we pray in faith and expect the dead to rise so that it would be no surprise when the dead arose?\u00a0 Jesus presented her to the believers.\u00a0 If per chance Peter had not been sure of the miracle, they were fully expecting the miracle of her being brought to life.\u00a0 They were praying and no doubts their prayers were a part of the miracle.\u00a0 There surely was a lot of praising God going on!<\/p>\n \u201cThis became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.43\u00a0Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 As per the pattern of God, a miracle was done, people saw it or found out about it, praised God and were saved.<\/p>\n V43<\/b>\u00a0was likely mentioned to lead into what would happen in\u00a0Chapter 10<\/b>.<\/p>\n Family, God has not and will not ever change.\u00a0 He has done miracles through His people in His timing and as He chooses.\u00a0 It is done to point people to God.\u00a0 It has always been effective.\u00a0 There truly is no scripture that states that this Apostolic Dispensation would be the last of the miracles and supernatural.\u00a0 No, God has given us a rich history of God continuing to work supernaturally through His church in the past and there is much evidence that He continues to do so.\u00a0 The result of these miracles, through believers with right hearts, is Jesus being glorified and souls being saved.\u00a0 May we also pray for the sick, and perhaps even the dead, and believe that God may indeed answer the prayer.\u00a0 Our God does not change and is faithful.\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acts 9:32-43\u00a0\u2013\u00a0As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord\u2019s people\u00a0who lived in Lydda.\u00a033\u00a0There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.\u00a034\u00a0\u201cAeneas,\u201d Peter said to him, \u201cJesus Christ heals you.\u00a0Get up and roll up your mat.\u201d Immediately Aeneas got up.\u00a035\u00a0All those who lived in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,1700,94,17],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-james","tag-micah","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/1610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}