Acts 10:34-38\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0Then Peter began to speak: \u201cI now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism\u00a035\u00a0but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.\u00a036\u00a0You know the message\u00a0God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news\u00a0of peace\u00a0through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.\u00a037\u00a0You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached\u2014\u00a038\u00a0how God anointed\u00a0Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing\u00a0all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cThen Peter began to speak: \u201cI now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism\u00a035\u00a0but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Family, here Peter clearly and plainly states that God does not show favoritism to those who can come and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.\u00a0\u00a0John 3:16<\/b>,\u00a0John 14:6<\/b>,\u00a0Acts 4:12<\/b>\u00a0make it clear that only through Jesus can someone become a member of the family of God.\u00a0 Only through Jesus can one become a new creation, an accepted member of the family of God.\u00a0 One way, Jesus, that is plain.\u00a0 So let no-one twist our thoughts to think that no favoritism means that He accepts anyone who would attempt to get to Heaven without Jesus.\u00a0 That is not what is here being said.\u00a0 Cornelius would be accepted, but only through claiming that the sacrifice of Jesus, and no other thing, would bring him to be accepted by God and to know Him.\u00a0 God had sent an angel to tell Cornelius to seek out Peter so he could elucidate the Gospel of Jesus to him.\u00a0 So all who would come to God through Jesus will be saved.\u00a0 All, any race, from any land and all cultures, all.\u00a0 No favoritism here (Romans 2:11<\/b>,\u00a0Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 3:25, 1 Peter 1:17, Deuteronomy 10:17<\/b>).\u00a0 All who come to Jesus will be saved. \u00a0All who are saved should share the Gospel with everyone from every land, every color of skin, and from all manner of deception.\u00a0 And Family, the one that we as a church struggle with, is favoritism as regarding economic position.\u00a0 Whether in small churches or big churches too often we see the people of high earthly position or of higher economic means favored.\u00a0 How so?\u00a0 Look at your elected leaders.\u00a0 Is it overweight with the financially successful?\u00a0 God does not only want no favoritism in winning souls, but also within the church (James 2:1,9<\/b>).\u00a0 There is no favoritism for or against the rich or the poor.\u00a0 There are many people of modest means, great humble, loving, and Word-of-God-knowing saints, who are not elders, or deacons, but maybe Sunday School teachers, but who won\u2019t be considered worthy to be higher leaders of the church.\u00a0 Family, let\u2019s beware of all favoritism.\u00a0 Let the people who lead our congregations be those who love God with all their hearts, those who love all the saints, and those who daily seek out God in all matters.\u00a0 These are the truly rich who should be leading our churches.\u00a0 Before we say \u201cthat doesn\u2019t happen in our church,\u201d know the truth. \u00a0Let favoritism be a dirty and unacceptable act among us.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know the message\u00a0God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news\u00a0of peace\u00a0through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.\u00a037\u00a0You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached\u2014\u00a038\u00a0how God anointed\u00a0Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing\u00a0all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Cornelius and his family and friends had heard of Jesus and of Him raising the dead and of the seemingly endless number of miracles (John 21:25<\/b>) He had performed, and even that it was said of Jesus that He was crucified and rose from the dead.\u00a0 He had heard that followers of Jesus were doing miraculous signs showing that God was with them.\u00a0 These people and their contemporaries knew of John the Baptist, and of Jesus, and of the followers of Jesus who were beginning to turn the world upside down (Acts 17:6<\/b>). \u00a0They had heard of Jesus, but they still did not understand.\u00a0 Cornelius greatly wanted to know, but as of yet, his understanding was not full.\u00a0 Peter was there to present to them the life changing, future altering, Gospel of Messiah Jesus.\u00a0 Peter now knew that there was no favoritism that excluded the Romans who had crucified their Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0 No favoritism.\u00a0 God loves the person who loves Jesus.\u00a0 No exceptions, no favoritism.<\/p>\n
Something to consider is the fact that they knew of Jesus.\u00a0 Peter said to Cornelius and to the group present that they already knew of the events concerning Jesus.\u00a0 Now, if they did not know about Jesus then they would have said so.\u00a0 They also had likely heard that when Jesus was resurrected many past holy people rose from the grave and went among the people of Jerusalem and appeared to many people and preached Jesus.\u00a0 Family, the events that the Apostles and disciples of Jesus reminded the people about were true and everybody knew it or they would have objected.\u00a0 It is only pseudo scholars with evil bents that object and doubt.\u00a0 These are people who were not there.\u00a0 These are people who, full of pride, think they can impose their current biases on the facts of yesteryear.\u00a0 The people who were there knew what happened.\u00a0 They knew what eyewitness said, or they were eyewitnesses. The historic facts in the Bible cannot be disproved.\u00a0 There are too many witnesses, too much evidence from non-Christian sources.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not be sucked in by pseudo intellectuals and scholars who write books and get paid to be on television \u201cdocumentaries.\u201d\u00a0 The Word of God, what was then said and is now written of Jesus is true.\u00a0 Cornelius and his group knew it and were about to have a soul-saving revelation of the Truth. \u00a0They were about to become disciples of Jesus because with God there is no favoritism to those who can come to Jesus.\u00a0 All are welcome!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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