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In Acts 3:1-26 Luke recounts the first miracle ever performed by Peter and John. - the healing of a lame beggar on their way to worship at the temple. This event, which served as the foundation for Peter's second sermon, tiggered the first persecution of the early church. Peter and John saw not a beggar who needed money, but a man who's body needed to be healed and who's soul needed to be saved. This event was fulfillment of prophesy (Isaiah 35:5-6) and therefore signified that the Jews had indeed crucified their Messiah. Like the beggar, we are all born into this world unable to walk because of the disease of sin. But, like the healed beggar, if we confess our sins and repent of them we can be restored by Jesus Christ. For we were all once spiritual beggars, but have been granted the miracle of salvation, which heals us and causes radical change in us. This should serve as a platform to preach the gospel, just as it did for Peter and John.