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And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Note 4 at Ac 3:16: Some people have argued that the miracles in the book of Acts are not to be repeated by Christians today, because the men who performed the miracles were apostles with special power that God does not make available to us today. The Apostle Peter himself refuted that in his answer to these people (Ac 3:12). It was not any special power or holiness on his part that produced the healing. It was the name of Jesus and faith in that name that wrought the miracle.
We still have the name of Jesus today with all its authority and power, for we cannot be saved without it (Ac 4:12). And we still have faith, for we cannot be saved without it either (Eph 2:8). Therefore, if the name of Jesus and faith in that name were responsible for producing this miracle, then the same miraculous results can be obtained today.
Note 5 at Ac 3:16: Peter made it very clear that the man who was healed had faith. The recipient of a miracle always needs to have some degree of faith too (see note 2 at Lu 7:13).

