You may be healed (Acts 9:32-35)

Aeneas was a bedridden, paralyzed man. For eight years he laid motionless, staring into his future, knowing that he was no different then a dead man.

The antithesis of this illustration is the same as the unsaved today. They may be alive, but paralyzed by their sin, helpless to do anything worthy of God’s Kingdom, because of their depravity. There may not be a physical connection here, but certainly a spiritual one worth mentioning.

Then comes along Peter; no invite, no begging, no good works to draw him near, he just shows up, and raises him up. Jesus chose to heal Aeneas. We don’t read him arguing about the miracle, and no one else was offended by it either.

What a good day it is when God regenerates a soul!

I love how Peter told him to make his bed, rather than throwing it out the window and burning it, because of what it had represented or because of disease.

Instead he told him to make it. Allow it to serve as a reminder, a memorial to what God has done for you. Use it for His glory-

You may be healed, but now you have work to do!