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Clean, Unclean and the Great Equalizer
Acts 10:9-23 9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to…
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Personal Lord and Savior???
The number one enemy of the gospel is not the beliefs of the unbelievers, it is actually found in church. Peter when he preached to the Gentiles experienced criticism from inside church. Acts 11 11 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up…
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Gospel and Good Works
Acts 10:1-8 10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who…
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Called to Disciple
Acts 9 New International Version (NIV) 9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared…