The Power to Do The Impossible
Text: Acts 9:32-43 | Listen to Message Jesus demands the impossible The two miracles in this text are linked by several astonishing similarities that illustrate the amazing, life-changing power of the Gospel. First, note that the characters in both stories were trapped in hopeless, incurable conditions: Aeneas was paralyzed and Tabitha was dead. But each story takes a sudden and dramatic turn when something absurd happens: Peter tells both of them to rise. You might as well tell a blind person to look at you; paralyzed and dead people don’t stand to their feet. This is an impossible command…except for...