World Mission

This powerful exploration of Acts 10 and 11 challenges us to examine the boundaries we place on God's mission. We journey alongside Peter as he receives a radical vision that upends everything he thought he knew about clean and unclean. Through the story of Cornelius, a Roman officer who feared God, we witness how the Holy Spirit breaks through human prejudices and religious barriers. The narrative reveals that God's salvation isn't confined to one group or culture—it extends to every person who seeks Him. What makes this story particularly compelling is how God had to prepare Peter's heart before using him in Cornelius's life. Sometimes we're the ones who need changing before we can participate in God's work. The vision of clean and unclean animals wasn't really about food—it was about people. God was expanding the church's understanding of who belongs in His family. When the Holy Spirit fell on these Gentile believers in the same way He had filled the Jewish apostles, it became undeniable: God shows no favoritism. This account invites us to ask uncomfortable questions: Who do we consider 'unclean'? What prejudices do we harbor? Are we limiting God's mission based on our own narrow perspectives? The early church had to wrestle with these questions, and so must we.