Series: Witnesses to the End of the Earth

 In Acts 10 v 23b-48 we come to the third part of this story, where we see Peter understand and embrace the meaning of the vision he received from the Lord.  He goes, without question, to the home of Cornelius and through the work of the Holy Spirit sees household salvation.

On first reading it looks like this passage is all about food and what can and can’t be eaten, but it is about so much more.  This passages challenges our own prejudices in evangelism and opens our hearts to see how God moves and works through his world for the sake of the kingdom. Acts 10 v 1-23a continues the great movement of the gospel into all the world.

Through miracles in Lydda and Joppa Peter is being prepared through personal experience of God’s power for greater ministry. This ministry will force him to go beyond his bigoted mind to proclaim the good news to the gentiles, those people despised by the Jews. But Peter must go, and therefore must be prepared, so that he can be obedient to Christ’s command to go into all the world to proclaim the good news of the gospel.

Saul’s conversion is one of the great stories of the Bible, proving to us that once again salvation is God’s initiative and known of us have the right to say who can or cannot be forgiven.  Nor do we have the right to withhold forgiveness if we have known God’s forgiveness. Acts 9 v 19-31 takes us on this next amazing part of God’s story.

Morning worship at Annalong Presbyterian Church. The service is led… read more

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Morning worship at Annalong Presbyterian Church. The service is led… read more

Morning worship at Annalong Presbyterian Church. The service is led… read more

Morning worship at Annalong Presbyterian Church. The service is led… read more