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Acts 10
BORROWED SERMONS:
A BIG BEAUTIFUL UMBRELLA
SOME SERMONS ARE MORE FOR THE PREACHER THAN THE AUDIENCE…HERE’S ONE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHANGE COURSES, TRY NEW WAYS AND ESCAPE OLD PATTERNS THAT HAVE SERVED US WELL. ASK THE APOSTLE PETER!
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Lord, open my eyes to the value of all kinds of people. Help me see the plight of those who travel along without knowing you. Shake me out of my comfort zone. Use me to love people who are not my type, color or age. I repent of being stingy with your glorious message of hope.
Lord, open my eyes to the value of all kinds of people. Help me see the plight of those who travel along without knowing you. Shake me out of my comfort zone. Use me to love people who are not my type, color or age. I repent of being stingy with your glorious message of hope.
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GOD HAD A NEW MESSAGE FOR PETER TO DELIVER…BUT FIRST HE HAD TO GET IT INTO PETER’S HEART
● A before-lunch prayer time turns dramatic● Animals swing low from heaven● An odd command from God: Eat up!● A faithful Hebrew responds: No!More versions of the same
THE HOUSETOP EXPERIENCE Acts 10:9-20
WHAT WAS HAPPENING NOT SO FAR AWAY Acts 10:1-8
● A soldier meets and angel● Cornelius receives a commission, non-military● Go get ‘em
A STRANGE DREAM BEGINS TO MAKE SENSE Acts 10:21-26
● The Apostle and the Soldier meet● The truth comes out● A sermon begins
Remembering that Jesus includes even me. Remembering the way of Jesus.
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I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
I choose to follow Jesus as my Lord and trust Him as my Savior.
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● The audience bears the mark of God’s participation
● Peter’s sermon: Now I’m a believer that God has a bigger umbrella than mine!
●“Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
THE PREACHER IS CONVERTED! Acts 10:27-48
● THE OLD MODELHebrews only, please!
● THE EARLY CHURCH MODELThose who come to Jesus through the Jewish Door
● THE REVOLUTIONARY TYPECovers all who come to God through the Jesus Door (period!)
IT IS STILL A MATTER OF UMBRELLAS
● Who is welcome to walk under my umbrella? Anybody disqualified because of race, social status or being ‘unlike me’?
● Am I, like God, unwilling that any should perish?
● Do I ever, like Peter, find it difficult to respond to God’s nudging to move into unfamiliar territory with the Good News?
QUESTIONS I HAVE TO SETTLE
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Lord, open my eyes to the value of all kinds of people. Help me see the plight of those who travel along without knowing you. Shake me out of my comfort zone. Use me to love people who are not my type, color or age. I repent of being stingy with your glorious message of hope.
Lord, open my eyes to the value of all kinds of people. Help me see the plight of those who travel along without knowing you. Shake me out of my comfort zone. Use me to love people who are not my type, color or age. I repent of being stingy with your glorious message of hope.
Go and bless others. Because, God can do anything, far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request through you toward others.