CFM Lesson: The Apostles and Prophets of Our Day Do The Same Things: Peter and John Heal a Man Crippled Since Birth

How does the story of Peter healing the lame man at the temple teach us about looking at the prophets and heeding them? Acts 3:1-11

• I can look to the prophets and listen to them for healing

• When I have problems, I can be healed spiritually

• I can be lifted up be reading their messages

• I can immediately receive newly found strength by heeding their counsel

• I can be led to the temple to praise God with joy

What was the lame man's problem? Acts 3:4

• he had been lame from birth, and he could not walk

• he had been blind from birth, and he could not see

• he had been blind and deaf and could not walk since birth

• he had been faking it like the actor in Trading Places

• He was just lame sauce.

What specific blessings came to this man who was lame since birth? Acts 3:4

• Through the power of the Priesthood, he is lifted up

• After his blessing and he is healed, he leaps for joy

• After his blessing and healing he is lead into the temple

• He never stops praises God after he is healed

• All of the above describe the power of the Priesthood

What did that man have to do in order to receive those blessings of being healed? Acts 3:4

• He didn’t have to do anything

• Peter instructs him to “Look on us”

• It wasn’t until the man “gave heed” unto them that he was healed

• He had to believe in Jesus Christ

Since you're pros at watching General Conference, sometimes 10-hours in a weekend, what does Book of Acts teach you about prophets and apostles?

• They cannot be controlled by the world & obey God rather than men

• They act in unity

• They perform notable miracles & by their hands, many signs and wonders are wrought

• They speak (1)wonderful works of God & (2)make known to us the ways of life & (3)fill us with joy & are (4)filled with the Holy Ghost & speak with (5)boldness and power & speak the things they have (6)heard and seen & they cease not to teach and (7)preach Jesus Christ.

• All of the above are things I've because I'm a witness.

Bonus Question: What 4-ways do Latter-day Saints get the priesthood sometimes wrong?

• We only ask for a priesthood blessings when all else fails.

• We think miracles are only performed by the priesthood.

• We refer to the holders of the priesthood as the priesthood.

• The patriarchal order of the priesthood entered into during a Temple Sealing Ordinance

• Aspects from Handbook 2, Chapter 20 "Administering Priesthood Ordinances"