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The church of the apostles was imperfect and sometimes troubled, but its members had been overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit, who led them out to witness to the risen Christ. The book of Acts shows the followers of Jesus reaching out to a lost world with the glorious message of salvation.

For it was Jesus’ name (all he is and has done), together with the faith that comes through him, being aroused by him in those who grasp the implications of his name, which has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see’ (16). The most remarkable feature of Peter’s second sermon, as of his first, is its Christ-centredness. He directed the crowd’s attention away from both the healed cripple and the apostles to the Christ whom men disowned by killing him but God vindicated by raising him,