Thursday 16 June 2011

Acts 10 - No Favourites!

In Acts 10, Peter arrives at Cornelius' house. He speaks to him about Jesus and the gospel of Salvation through the cross and Cornelius and his family receive Jesus as Lord of their lives and get baptised with the Holy Spirit.
What a brilliant story. What an amazing vision of the gospel of Christ in action! 
However, my favourite verse from this passage of scripture is, "I now realise how true it is that God does not show favouritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right." 
What a brilliant verse! What an awesome truth. God has no favourites, he loves us all, he died for us all, he wants to have a relationship with us all, he is Lord of all! 
We need to remember that when we choose who to tell about Jesus. We need to remember that when we see new people coming into our churches with problems and issues. We need to remember that Jesus died not only for the middle classes, but also for the drunk, the homeless, the dirty, the sick, the elderly, the young person, the prisoner, the single mum, the divorcee, the adopted - Jesus died for the WHOLE of humanity - GOD HAS NO FAVOURITES! 

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