No Favourites (2) (Acts 10:1–23)
Sep 20, 2026 · 35 min · 9 segments
Series: No Favourites
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Sep 20, 2026 · 35 min · 9 segments
Series: No Favourites
Well, we've been reflecting in this morning series on Luke's account in Acts of the explosion of the early church.
And we've seen that story continues, and we're part of it.
That promise of Jesus is still coming good.
And today, something like 2.4 billion people in over 37 million church buildings across the world will be meeting to follow and honor Jesus.
The story that began in Acts isn't over yet.
And right around the world, people on every continent will today commit themselves to following Jesus.
And that's a wonderful thing, isn't it? And maybe somebody here will take that step even before the day is out.
Let's believe that might happen.
And Peter, as we've seen, is a catalyst in all this because the Lord has made him a sort of door opener, a key holder in the kingdom.
Remember Matthew 16, which we looked at last week, a point of contact between the Spirit of God and the expanding church.
And that wasn't easy, you know, for a traditional, ingrained, opinionated, Palestinian, Jewish believer who was not good with change.
And now in this chapter 10, Peter faces his toughest challenge yet.
The most difficult key he has to turn.
The door that now needs urgently to be opened to what to Jews seem to be the dodgiest group of all.
And that, you know, is most of us, I suspect.
So this is a momentous moment.
It's a key turning point in the story, and we sense that if only from the space that Luke gives the passage.
This really matters.
Two men, Peter and Cornelius, two visions, God working.
Four days that changed the world and began our era.
Here's the longest single narrative in the book of Acts, from chapter 10, verse 1, to chapter 11, verse 18.
Sixty-six verses where we're going to be for the next three Sundays.
Well, we've been reflecting in this morning series on Luke's account in Acts of the explosion of the early church.
And we've seen that story continues, and we're part of it.
That promise of Jesus is still coming good.
And today, something like 2.4 billion people in over 37 million church buildings across the world will be meeting to follow and honor Jesus.
The story that began in Acts isn't over yet.
And right around the world, people on every continent will today commit themselves to following Jesus.
And that's a wonderful thing, isn't it? And maybe somebody here will take that step even before the day is out.
Let's believe that might happen.
And Peter, as we've seen, is a catalyst in all this because the Lord has made him a sort of door opener, a key holder in the kingdom.
Remember Matthew 16, which we looked at last week, a point of contact between the Spirit of God and the expanding church.
And that wasn't easy, you know, for a traditional, ingrained, opinionated, Palestinian, Jewish believer who was not good with change.
And now in this chapter 10, Peter faces his toughest challenge yet.
The most difficult key he has to turn.
The door that now needs urgently to be opened to what to Jews seem to be the dodgiest group of all.
And that, you know, is most of us, I suspect.
So this is a momentous moment.
It's a key turning point in the story, and we sense that if only from the space that Luke gives the passage.
This really matters.
Two men, Peter and Cornelius, two visions, God working.
Four days that changed the world and began our era.
Here's the longest single narrative in the book of Acts, from chapter 10, verse 1, to chapter 11, verse 18.
Sixty-six verses where we're going to be for the next three Sundays.
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