Clean and Unclean
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· 170 viewsPeter reports to the Church the occasion for the Gentiles granted repentance that leads to life.
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How Could You Peter?
How Could You Peter?
1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,
3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Acts 11:1-3
Old traditions show their ugly head as Jewish Christians question Peter. In a way asking, how could you do this Peter?
In , it was the circumcision party who criticized Peter for eating with the gentiles.
In , it was the circumcision party who criticized Peter for eating with the gentiles.
This type of issue pops up in the Church all the time. Even in the midst of the Apostles. It is a human failing we must struggle with to overcome.
Peter Retells the Vision Acts 11:4-11
Peter Retells the Vision Acts 11:4-11
4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order:
5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.
6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
Acts 11:4-9
4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order:
5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.
6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
Acts 11:4-11
In , we discover that Peter declines to eat anything common or unclean.
In , the voice proclaims that God has the power to make things clean and greater than common.
In , we discover that Peter was taught this lesson three times.
The Spirit Directs Peter Acts 11:12-14
The Spirit Directs Peter Acts 11:12-14
Acts 11:12
12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.
13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter;
14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
In , it was the Spirit that told Peter to go to Cornelius and there were six brothers who went as witnesses.
In , we discover that it was an Angel that told Cornelius to send for Peter from Joppa.
In , it is the message that Peter will declare which can save Cornelius and his household.
Remembering the Word of the Lord Acts 11:15-18
Remembering the Word of the Lord Acts 11:15-18
Acts 11:15-
15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”
18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
In , the beginning is a reference to the Day of Pentecost form .
In , the Lord said that John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
In , the Lord said that John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
In , the gift that God gave to Cornelius and his household (the Gentiles) was the Holy Spirit.
This scripture v17 answers the question about what is the gift of the Holy Spirit? It is the Holy Spirit Himself as the gift.
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38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
In , God has granted repentance that leads to life as He did to the Jew also.