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Recently we were looking at the nature of spiritual warfare in the book of Ephesians. The foundation of spiritual victory is spiritual revival personally. A sincere and authentic faith, however, begins with a heart after God and that’s what I want us to look at today.
The church was born early in the book of Acts and by the time you get to chapter 10, the church in Jerusalem was thriving, but then a great persecution arose against the church led by none other than Saul of Tarsus. He was considered enemy number one of the church.
And then, in an amazing turn of events, the greatest enemy of the church is literally blinded by light as he is struck off his high horse. For three days he remained physically blind, but God was opening the eyes of his heart as he received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and forgiver of his sins.
After this, the church throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, and being built up in the faith, it continued to increase.
But as we come to Chapter 10, God is about to do something shocking, at least it was shocking to them. Up to this point, the church was for the most part Jewish. Whenever the disciples would travel from city to city, they would give the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Jews.
Peter was no doubt proud of his Jewish heritage and for good reason, God said Israel was His chosen people, they received the promises of God and they knew that the Messiah, who would bless the whole world, would come through them.
But the Jews considered Gentiles unclean so they created rules and traditions that were not biblical. For instance, Jews would not eat with the Gentiles, nor would they eat food that was prepared by a Gentile. They would not invite them into their house, nor sit at a table with them.
Now, Jesus told them to take the Gospel even to the ends of the earth, but He didn’t mean for them to take the Gospel only to the Jews who might happen to live at the ends of the earth. God’s heart is for all people. Jesus said, “God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son…” Someone famously said, “The ground is level at the foot of the cross.”
The story of Acts 10 is about two men, Cornelius and Peter. Cornelius is an officer in the Roman army. He is a centurion in an archery unit called the “Italian Cohort”. He is an amazing man with a great heart. Cornelius sincerely seeks after God, he gives generously to the poor and he prays to God continually. He loves the light and God is about to give him more. Cornelius is hungry for the truth and he will receive more. He longs to be closer to God and he will receive the filling of the Holy Spirit. There is an interesting principle that Jesus taught in several places, “To everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance.” This was true for Cornelius. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about to be offered to the Gentile world and it all begins with Cornelius.
The story is also about Peter and what God must do to change his heart so that the Gospel is given to all men. Some things need to change in Peter. You might say that God needed to soften him up. As Peter was traveling through these parts he was called upon to minister to two different Gentile people.
The first was a man named Aeneas who was paralyzed for eight years. Peter said to him, “Arise, and make your bed.” Now these are very powerful words. I’ve said those same words many times to our kids, but not with the same result.

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