ACTS 10
4 Outlines
Acts 10
SALVATION STORY
A CONVICTED SINNER – Vss. 1-8
A CORRECTED PREACHER – Vss. 9-23
A COMMUNICATED GOSPEL – Vss. 24-43
A CONVERTED CONGREGATION – Vss. 44-48
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Acts 10
HOUSE CALL
PETER'S VISION - Vss.
1-16
PETER'S VISIT - Vss.
17-33
PETER'S VOICE - Vss.
34-43
PETER'S VICTORY - Vss.
44-48
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Acts 10:1-8, 21-48
CORNELIUS
HE WAS CLOSE TO THE
TRUTH - Vss.1-2
HE WAS COUNSELED TO GET
HELP - Vss. 3-6
HE WAS COOPERATIVE WITH
GOD - Vss. 7-8, 21-33
HE WAS CONFRONTED WITH
THE GOSPEL - Vss. 34-43
HE WAS CONVERTED TO
CHRIST - Vss. 44-48
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Acts 10:9-20
THE REEDUCATION OF PETER
Peter had become a
Christian. However, Peter still retained
a lot of his Jewish traditions and ways of thinking. Christ was about to show His church (which
was made up of converted Jews) that the Gospel was also for the Gentiles. Peter would be the first Apostle to take the
Gospel to the Gentiles. First, God
needed to reeducate Peter so that Peter would be able to minister with a clear
conscience.
PETER'S DISTRACTION -
Vss. 9-10
Peter was distracted,
first by hunger, and then by a trance that came from God.
Sometimes God will
distract us to get our attention.
PETER'S DILEMMA - Vss.
11-14, 16
Peter was shown a great
sheet loaded with what he would call "unclean" animals.
God's instruction was to
"Rise…kill, and eat."
Peter resisted because
it was against his religion to eat such things.
GOD'S DEMAND - Vs. 15
Peter was not to call
"common" anything that God had cleansed.
We generally think of
this as God's permission to eat "unclean" food at the House of
Cornelius. More importantly I think that
God was telling Peter not to call Gentiles common or unclean if God had
cleansed them.
GOD'S DIRECTIONS - Vss.
17-20
While Peter was trying to
figure out what the vision meant, messengers from Cornelius were at the gate,
looking for Peter. Peter was told by God
that three men were seeking him, and he was to go with them, "doubting
nothing".