Jun 22, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
Peter's encounter with Cornelius reveals a powerful truth: God shows no favoritism. In Acts 10–11, we see barriers of prejudice, tradition, and personal agendas fall as the Gospel reaches the…
And honestly, this is just following up on what Tyler had preached on last week.
And before we get to our scripture, I'm just going to read some text over us for context.
You are to undergo circumcision and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people.
There is some temptation to just skip right over it, breeze by it, but I don't think that that'd be wise.
I think that we should sit in this text, and because I want to bring justice to the power of what's going on in Acts 10 and 11, we're not going to skip over it.
If you have questions about circumcision, Seth will be back next week, and you guys can ask him.
So, why is circumcision important to this text? How do we see ourselves in those shoes? And I think what can best be said is sometimes what you know is just what you know.
What I mean by that is the The circumcision party, the Israelites, would have grown up knowing that circumcision was the covenant that God had made with Abraham.
But circumcision was also their seal, meaning this is what marked them as God's chosen people.
And honestly, this is just following up on what Tyler had preached on last week.
And before we get to our scripture, I'm just going to read some text over us for context.
You are to undergo circumcision and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people.
There is some temptation to just skip right over it, breeze by it, but I don't think that that'd be wise.
I think that we should sit in this text, and because I want to bring justice to the power of what's going on in Acts 10 and 11, we're not going to skip over it.
If you have questions about circumcision, Seth will be back next week, and you guys can ask him.
So, why is circumcision important to this text? How do we see ourselves in those shoes? And I think what can best be said is sometimes what you know is just what you know.
What I mean by that is the The circumcision party, the Israelites, would have grown up knowing that circumcision was the covenant that God had made with Abraham.
But circumcision was also their seal, meaning this is what marked them as God's chosen people.
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