What should we expect if we are walking in Holiness?
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter experienced a transformation resulting in him walking in Holiness and one example is given immediately after his transformation.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 3:
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them-walking, leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Peter wasn’t surprised. John wasn’t surprised yet the onlookers were filled with wonder and amazement… they were astonished at what just happened! Peter did not keep this power and authority to himself but instead immediately walked in it and blessed a man beyond comparison. Notice that the man did not have to learn how to walk, run, or leap. His body bypassed the maturing process of developing leg muscles.
What did the lame man do next? He held on to Peter and John as all the people gathered. It was now time for a speech to those who were ready to listen. They were now interested in what Peter had to say.
11 Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.
12 So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or Godliness we had made this man walk?
Neither Peter nor John took credit for this miracle. They pointed everyone to Jesus Who walked as a Servant of The Holy One, referencing Isaiah 49:7.
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, [
15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
16 And His name, through faith in His Name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Not only did the power of GOD heal this man, but he also received immediate soundness in his legs.
17 “Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
18 But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
21 Whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His Holy prophets since the world began.
22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
24 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.
25 You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
26 To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”
Peter and John expected power and authority immediately after they received the Baptism of The Holy Spirit. Why did they expect such an infilling? They now had faith in the Words of Jesus when He spoke just prior to His ascension in Luke 24:
44 Then He said to them, “These are the Words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 And you are witnesses of these things.
49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on High.“
Shouldn’t we walk in the same Holy power and authority once we have received the fullness of The Holy Spirit as Jesus prophesied?