I
See
Very
Clearly
That
God Shows No Favoritism.
Scripture
Acts
10
1
In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was
a captain of the Italian Regiment.
2
He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household.
3
One
afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an
angel of God coming toward him. “Cornelius!” the angel said.
4 Cornelius
stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel.
And the angel replied, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have
been received by God as an offering! 5
Now send some men to Joppa, and summon a man named
Simon Peter. 6 He
is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”
9 The next day
as Cornelius’s messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on
the flat roof to pray. It was about noon, 10
and he was hungry. But while a meal was being
prepared, he fell into a trance. 11
He saw the sky open, and something like a large
sheet was let down by its four corners. 12
In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles,
and birds. 13 Then
a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”
14 “No, Lord,”
Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws
have declared impure and unclean.
15 But
the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has
made it clean.” 16
The
same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly
pulled up to heaven.
34 Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.
36
This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that
there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
Observation
Peter
was prejudice. He, like most Jewish people in his day thought that
they were God's favorites. Peter had to learn that the message of
Good News is for everyone!
There
is peace with God through Jesus Christ for anyone and for everyone
that places their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
God
got Peter's attention and Peter's heart was changed!
As
prejudice and hate are boil over in our country this passage in Acts
10 is a good reminder to us what God thinks about it!
God
is love! God shows no favoritism.
Application
I
will try hard not to be prejudice. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, it is easy to hate and dislike. It is my old nature. I belong
to the Lord Jesus Christ. Help me to walk and act like I am one of
Your children. I pray for those who are leading our country. Give
them the backbone to stand up against hate and prejudice. I pray for
hearts to be changed. I pray healing in our country. May it start
with me. Remove anything in my heart that is not pleasing to You.
Show me each and every time that my attitude towards any person is
not right.
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 24; Jeremiah 22; Psalms 112; John 18; Acts 10
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