Acts Part 7

(Acts 9:20-43, Mark 7:15, Acts 10:1-26)

Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

Saul begins his ministry.

Saul is on fire for Christ and is even more P________________ in his preaching of the gospel that he was in persecuting Christians.

People trying to kill Saul is something of a T___________ in his ministry.

Peter ministering to the Gentiles

Healing a bedridden man is quite a display of God’s healing power and it is not surprising that many would come to believe after having seen something like that.  But in the service of God, R_________________ things are to be expected.

God-fearing is a term used in the Bible to describe someone who is not a full Jewish proselyte (meaning he has not converted to Judaism) but does B______________ in the one God and R_______________ the moral and ethical teachings of the Jews.

The voice told Peter three times not to call anything that God has made unpure to make sure that Peter would understand how S__________ this is.

Take Away Lesson: God’s plan of redemption may take us places we are not prepared to go.  We need to get ready and go anyway.

Acts 10:22-23 ²² The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.” ²³ Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests…