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0:00Acts chapter 10.
0:02We've just learned about Peter's
0:04ministry
0:06in the town of Joppa, that he's staying
0:08there at the house of Simon the Tanner.
0:12And [music] uh
0:14verse one begins like this.
0:17Now, there was a man at Caesarea named
0:21Cornelius,
0:23a centurion
0:25of what was called the Italian cohort,
0:29a devout man and one [music] who feared
0:32God with all his household,
0:34and gave many alms to the Jewish people,
0:38and prayed [music] to God continually.
0:41So, here we have a Gentile who is some
0:44kind of convert to faith in the God of
0:47Israel.
0:49He's giving alms, which means
0:51contributions, money [music] gifts, and
0:53other charitable offerings to the poor,
0:57and he's praying to God continually.
0:59He's a devout man. [music] He's
1:00God-fearing with his whole household.
1:04About the ninth hour of the day, he,
1:08Cornelius, clearly saw in a vision an
1:11angel of God who had just come in and
1:14said to him, "Cornelius."
1:18And fixing his gaze on him and being
1:21much alarmed, he said, "What is it,
1:24Lord?"
1:26And he said to him, "Your prayers and
1:29your alms have ascended as [music] a
1:32memorial before God.
1:36Now, dispatch some men to Joppa and send
1:42for a man named Simon, who is called
1:45Peter.
1:47He is staying with a tanner named Simon,
1:50whose house is by the sea."
1:54So, Cornelius is a good man. He's a
1:57praying man. He's a giving man. And
2:00suddenly an angel is before him.
2:02And the angel says, "Your prayers have
2:05built up a memorial.
2:08They've been accumulating and you have
2:11the Lord's attention.
2:13And we want you to send to Joppa and ask
2:17for Simon Peter at the Tanner's house."
2:20When the angel who was speaking to him
2:23had left, he Cornelius summoned two of
2:26his servants and a devout soldier of
2:29those who were his personal attendants.
2:35When the angel who was speaking to him
2:37had left, he summoned two of his
2:39servants and a devout soldier of those
2:42who were his personal attendants. And
2:44after he had explained everything to
2:46them, he sent them to Joppa.
2:49On the next day, as they were on their
2:51way and approaching the city, Peter went
2:55up on the house top about the sixth hour
2:59to pray.
3:01But he became hungry
3:03and was desiring to eat.
3:07This is about noon.
3:09But while they were making preparations
3:12for food,
3:13he fell into a trance.
3:17And he saw the sky opened up.
3:23And an object like a great sheet coming
3:27down lowered by four corners to the
3:30ground.
3:32And there were in it all kinds of
3:35four-footed animals and crawling
3:37creatures of the earth and birds of the
3:39air.
3:41A voice came to him,
3:43"Get up, Peter.
3:45Kill and eat."
3:48But Peter said, "By no means, Lord.
3:52For I have never eaten anything unholy
3:55or unclean.
3:58Again, a voice came to him a second
4:01time.
4:02What God has cleansed, no longer
4:06consider unholy.
4:09This happened three times, and
4:11immediately the object was taken up into
4:14the sky.
4:16Now, while Peter was greatly perplexed
4:19in mind as to what the vision which he
4:21had seen might be, behold, the men who
4:25had been sent by Cornelius, having asked
4:27directions for Simon's house, appeared
4:31at the gate.
4:33So, we have Peter.
4:36He's hungry. It's about noon. He goes up
4:38onto the house top while they fix lunch.
4:41And he has this vision.
4:43And the vision is
4:45of a sheet being lowered from heaven,
4:49and these animals in it that you don't
4:51eat. Maybe crocodiles and snakes and
4:55creepy crawly things.
4:57And a voice says to him to get up, kill,
5:01and eat. And he says, "No.
5:03I won't do that because I know that's
5:05unclean."
5:07And the message is,
5:09don't disobey
5:11the voice of God when it contradicts
5:14your traditions.
5:16Because God may declare the Gentiles to
5:19be holy, even though in the past they've
5:22been unclean.
5:24It doesn't have anything to do with
5:25supper. It has to do with whether you
5:28will override the voice of God by
5:31adhering to your traditions, or whether
5:34you will question your traditions
5:36because of the voice of God that you
5:38have heard.
5:39And while he's thinking about this,
5:43the men from Cornelius are
5:46at the gate.
5:48And calling out, they were asking
5:50whether Simon, who was called Peter, was
5:53staying there.
5:55While Peter was reflecting on the
5:57vision, the spirit said to him, "Behold,
6:00three men are looking for you.
6:03But get up, go downstairs, and accompany
6:06them without misgivings, for I have sent
6:10them myself."
6:12Peter went down to the men and said,
6:15"Behold, I am the one you are looking
6:17for. What is the reason for which you
6:20have come?"
6:21They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a
6:24righteous and God-fearing man, well
6:27spoken of by the entire nation of the
6:29Jews, was divinely directed by a holy
6:32angel to send for you to come to his
6:36house and hear a message from you."
6:39So he invited them in and gave them
6:42lodging.
6:44Peter said, "Come on in.
6:46You can stay here the night. I'm going
6:48to go with you tomorrow."
6:50What's happening?
6:52God has brought salvation to the remnant
6:56of the Jewish people who accept Jesus as
6:59the Messiah.
7:01And these people have been baptized in
7:03the spirit, and it's a movement that's
7:05growing fast. 3,000 added in a single
7:09day, thousands more added all the time.
7:12But as yet,
7:14Christianity is entirely a Jewish
7:17religion.
7:19It's not even seen as a separate
7:20religion. It's seen as the fulfillment
7:25of the prophecies to the Jews, which it
7:27is.
7:28It has to be the fulfillment of the Old
7:31Covenant. It has to be joined in
7:35continuity to the promises made to
7:37Abraham, to Moses, to David, even all
7:40the way back to Noah.
7:42Do you understand?
7:43But,
7:46no Gentiles were allowed
7:48in the church.
7:50If you're a Jew, this is for you.
7:53But, if you're a Gentile, uh
7:56We don't go into their homes. The Jews
7:59would not enter a Gentile's home. They
8:01would not eat with them.
8:03They treated them like something filthy
8:06and unclean.
8:08And this was to create a separation
8:10between two cultures before the spirit
8:13was there.
8:14But, once the spirit has come, then God
8:17can change cultures
8:19to align with his culture, his new
8:21culture.
8:22And so, this is the first Gentile who's
8:25going to become a believer.
8:27And God needs to find someone who is
8:30willing to override centuries of
8:33tradition
8:34>> [clears throat]
8:35>> in obedience to the voice,
8:37the voice of God. And the voice is
8:40saying, "Don't call anything unholy or
8:44unclean that God is cleansing."
8:49And on the next day, he, Peter, got up
8:52and went with them.
8:54And some of the brethren from Joppa
8:56accompanied them. But, now all the
8:58brethren, all the believers, were Jews.
9:02And they they did not see themselves as
9:04non-Jewish. They saw Jesus as Jewish,
9:07all his apostles as Jewish.
9:10They saw the Christian faith as
9:13a Jewish understanding, a Jewish faith.
9:17On the following day, he entered
9:20Caesarea.
9:21Now, Cornelius was waiting for them and
9:24had called together his relatives and
9:27close friends.
9:29So, there's a bunch of Gentiles ready.
9:32When Peter entered, Cornelius met him
9:36and fell at his feet and worshipped him.
9:40But Peter raised him up saying, "Stand
9:43up. I too am just [clears throat] a
9:45man."
9:47As he talked with him, he entered
9:50and found many people assembled.
9:54And he said to them,
9:56"You yourselves know
9:58how unlawful it is for a man who is a
10:02Jew to associate with a foreigner or to
10:06visit with him.
10:08And yet
10:09God has shown me that I should not call
10:13any man unholy or unclean.
10:19That is why I came without even raising
10:22any objection when I was sent for.
10:26So I ask for what reason
10:29you have sent for me."
10:32He walks into the room and he says,
10:35"I wouldn't be here.
10:37I've never done this before in my life,
10:39nor did my fathers or grandfathers, nor
10:42has anyone in the whole Jewish faith
10:45done this. I'm doing something very
10:47risky,
10:48but I'm going to obey God. Why am I
10:50here?"
10:52Cornelius said,
10:55"Four days ago
10:57to this hour
10:58I was praying in my house during the
11:01ninth hour,
11:03and behold, a man stood before me
11:06in shining garments.
11:08And he said, 'Cornelius,
11:11your prayer
11:12has been heard and your alms have been
11:16remembered before God.
11:18Therefore,
11:20send to Joppa
11:22and invite Simon who is called Peter to
11:24come to you.
11:26He is staying at the house of Simon the
11:28Tanner by the sea.
11:31So I sent for you immediately,
11:33and you have been kind enough to come.
11:38Now, then,
11:39we are all here, present before God,
11:44to hear all that you have been commanded
11:48by the Lord.
11:50If that's not a good introduction, I
11:52don't know what is.
11:54We are all here, present before God,
11:58to hear what you have been commanded by
12:00the Lord.
12:01This is so similar
12:03to what Abraham said to the Lord when he
12:06said, "Here I am,
12:09Yahweh, [clears throat]
12:10present
12:11to hear."
12:13Now, this Gentile is stepping into the
12:15same faith of Abraham.
12:19Opening his mouth, Peter said,
12:22"I most certainly understand now that
12:26God is not one to show partiality."
12:30Partiality means to treat some people
12:32better than others.
12:34He's saying, "It's not God who does
12:35that.
12:37It's our traditions.
12:39But in every nation, the man who fears
12:42him and does what is right
12:45is welcome to him."
12:48So, he says, "God does not show
12:50partiality.
12:51If you do what's right and you fear him,
12:55he welcomes you."
12:58The word which he sent to the sons of
13:00Israel, preaching peace through Jesus
13:03Christ, he is Lord of all, you
13:06yourselves know the thing which took
13:09place throughout all Judea, starting
13:12from Galilee after the baptism which
13:14John proclaimed. You know of Jesus of
13:17Nazareth, how God anointed him with the
13:20Holy Spirit and with power,
13:23and how he went about doing good and
13:25healing all who were oppressed by the
13:28devil, for God was with him.
13:32We are witnesses of all the things he
13:34did both in the land of the Jews and in
13:37Jerusalem.
13:39They also put him to death by hanging
13:41him on a cross.
13:43God raised him on the third day and
13:45granted that he become visible.
13:49Not to all the people, but to witnesses
13:52who were chosen before him by God, that
13:55is to us who ate and drank with him
13:58after he arose from the dead.
14:01And he ordered us to preach to the
14:03people and solemnly testified that this
14:07is the one who has been appointed by God
14:10as judge of the living and the dead.
14:14Of him all the prophets bear witness.
14:17What is their witness? That through his
14:19name everyone who believes in him
14:23receives forgiveness of sins.
14:27Okay? So, Peter starts off by saying,
14:30"I'm not going to tell you a story
14:32you're not familiar with."
14:34He tells this Centurion, "You know about
14:36Jesus.
14:38You Nobody in this country could have
14:41not known what was happening.
14:43You know the miracles he performed. You
14:45know how he went about healing and
14:47cleansing and preaching and doing good.
14:51Right?
14:52But his point is that's not all that
14:54happened. They murdered him and he rose
14:56from the dead. And we are the witness
15:00that he has been appointed by God judge
15:03of the living and of the dead."
15:06And he says, "Of him all the prophets
15:08bear witness that through his name
15:11everyone who believes in him will
15:13receive forgiveness of sins."
15:16While Peter was still speaking these
15:19words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who
15:22were listening to the message.
15:26All the circumcised believers who came
15:28with Peter were amazed.
15:33So, we have a phenomenon.
15:36We have the Gentiles
15:39receiving
15:40the helper.
15:43The glory of God, the Holy Spirit, the
15:46sign of the covenant, the seal of God's
15:49acceptance, the Holy Spirit.
15:52All the circumcised, that means all the
15:54Jewish believers, who came with Peter
15:58were shocked.
16:00Because
16:02the gift of the Holy Spirit had been
16:06poured out on the Gentiles also,
16:10for they were hearing them speaking with
16:14tongues and exalting God.
16:17Then Peter answered, "Surely, no one can
16:21refuse the water for these to be
16:23baptized who have received the Holy
16:26Spirit just as we did, can he?" And he
16:30ordered them to be baptized in the name
16:34of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to
16:37stay on a few days.
16:41What shocked
16:43the Jewish believers?
16:48That the Gentiles received the gift of
16:51the Holy Spirit.
16:53And how did they know that they had
16:55received the gift of the [music] Holy
16:57Spirit?
17:01They heard them speaking in unknown
17:04tongues. So, Peter said, "They received
17:06it just as we did."
17:10Now, we have a pattern.
17:12The same thing that happened in
17:14Jerusalem, the same thing that happened
17:17in Samaria that made Simon the sorcerer
17:20offer money is now happening here.
17:23They are being overwhelmed by the Spirit
17:26of God and that most unruly member is
17:30yielding to the anointing and
17:33everybody's shocked. They don't call it
17:35the gift of tongues. It's the gift of
17:37the Holy Spirit. And it's the Spirit
17:40poured out. It's the gift of the Holy
17:43Spirit, the outpouring of the Holy
17:45Spirit. It's the new covenant [music]
17:48in the Spirit that God is extending to
17:51the Gentiles.
17:52But the key is
17:54they knew that they had received it
17:56because they heard [music] them speaking
17:58in unknown tongues.
18:00Now this is exactly what Jesus was
18:03referring to in John chapter 3. When he
18:06said, "Do not marvel that I say you must
18:08be born again, the wind, the Spirit,
18:11blows where it wishes. You don't know
18:14where it's coming from and you don't
18:16know where it's going." That refers to
18:18tongues, but you hear its sound. So it
18:22is with everyone who is born [music] of
18:25the Spirit. So here they are saying,
18:27"Okay, we can't argue. We know these
18:30people have been born of the Spirit.
18:33>> [music]
18:33>> The outpouring has come. The gift of the
18:36Spirit is theirs and this proves to them
18:39that they are now part of the covenant
18:42that is saved in Jesus.
18:46>> [music]
18:55[music]

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