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Title: The Same Story
Text: Acts 10:44-48
FCF: We often struggle with assuring ourselves of our and others’ faith.
Prop: Because all true believers share a common conversion experience, we must observe these in all whom we give assurance and receive into fellowship.
Scripture Intro:
[Slide 1] Turn in your bible to Acts chapter 10. In a moment we’ll be reading from the LSB starting in verse 44. You can follow along in the pew bible on page 1243 or in whatever version you prefer.
Today we will conclude the episode of Cornelius, saving the epilogue of chapter 11 for next week.
God’s hand has been prevalent in this entire episode. Giving two visions, speaking through the Spirit directly to Peter, leading him to the home of a Gentile, finding many gathered there. And after Peter gives a focused explanation of the gospel that Jesus is Lord of all, now we’ll see the dramatic conclusion.
And although there are few doctrinal issues that arise here in which Christians disagree, even amid those differences we will highlight the common and uniform experience of conversion for all who are truly united to Christ by faith.
So, stand with me out of respect for and to focus on the reading of the Word of God.
Invocation:
O Christ, we have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation and believed in you. May your Spirit meet with us today, and guarantee our inheritance in you, to the praise of your glory. In your name we pray. Amen.
Transition:
[Slide 2] If something has fur, a tail and barks. You would probably call it a dog. If something has feathers, a bill, and quacks – a duck. Grey skin, very large, with a trunk… you got it - elephant. Isn’t it funny that I can list out three characteristics of an animal and invariably you can guess what it was. Why is that? Well, we come to expect certain characteristics and attributes to be the same across certain animals. Even though no two elephants are exactly the same. Generally speaking they share certain characteristics. Today, Peter will conclude without doubt that the Gentiles before him are genuine members of the body of Christ. He does not conclude this on a whim. Instead, he isolates key characteristics that prove it to be true. Let’s see if we can arrive where Peter does.
I.) All true believers share a common conversion experience, so we must look for these commonalities for the assurance of salvation. (44-46a)
a. [Slide 3] 44 – While Peter was still speaking these things,
i. Peter’s message was not yet concluded.
ii. Most likely Peter intended to carry on preaching like he did at Pentecost to implore Cornelius and his friends and family to repent and believe in the name of Jesus.
iii. However, Peter was interrupted. And he was interrupted by the Third Person of the Godhead, God the Holy Spirit.
b. [Slide 4] The Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the word.
i. Because we will need to gather all the evidence from this text to do so, we will not comment on the specific meaning of the words “fell upon” here. Nor will we unpack exactly what the Spirit’s work is at this point. We’ll reserve...
Title: The Same Story
Text: Acts 10:44-48
FCF: We often struggle with assuring ourselves of our and others’ faith.
Prop: Because all true believers share a common conversion experience, we must observe these in all whom we give assurance and receive into fellowship.
Scripture Intro:
[Slide 1] Turn in your bible to Acts chapter 10. In a moment we’ll be reading from the LSB starting in verse 44. You can follow along in the pew bible on page 1243 or in whatever version you prefer.
Today we will conclude the episode of Cornelius, saving the epilogue of chapter 11 for next week.
God’s hand has been prevalent in this entire episode. Giving two visions, speaking through the Spirit directly to Peter, leading him to the home of a Gentile, finding many gathered there. And after Peter gives a focused explanation of the gospel that Jesus is Lord of all, now we’ll see the dramatic conclusion.
And although there are few doctrinal issues that arise here in which Christians disagree, even amid those differences we will highlight the common and uniform experience of conversion for all who are truly united to Christ by faith.
So, stand with me out of respect for and to focus on the reading of the Word of God.
Invocation:
O Christ, we have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation and believed in you. May your Spirit meet with us today, and guarantee our inheritance in you, to the praise of your glory. In your name we pray. Amen.
Transition:
[Slide 2] If something has fur, a tail and barks. You would probably call it a dog. If something has feathers, a bill, and quacks – a duck. Grey skin, very large, with a trunk… you got it - elephant. Isn’t it funny that I can list out three characteristics of an animal and invariably you can guess what it was. Why is that? Well, we come to expect certain characteristics and attributes to be the same across certain animals. Even though no two elephants are exactly the same. Generally speaking they share certain characteristics. Today, Peter will conclude without doubt that the Gentiles before him are genuine members of the body of Christ. He does not conclude this on a whim. Instead, he isolates key characteristics that prove it to be true. Let’s see if we can arrive where Peter does.
I.) All true believers share a common conversion experience, so we must look for these commonalities for the assurance of salvation. (44-46a)
a. [Slide 3] 44 – While Peter was still speaking these things,
i. Peter’s message was not yet concluded.
ii. Most likely Peter intended to carry on preaching like he did at Pentecost to implore Cornelius and his friends and family to repent and believe in the name of Jesus.
iii. However, Peter was interrupted. And he was interrupted by the Third Person of the Godhead, God the Holy Spirit.
b. [Slide 4] The Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the word.
i. Because we will need to gather all the evidence from this text to do so, we will not comment on the specific meaning of the words “fell upon” here. Nor will we unpack exactly what the Spirit’s work is at this point. We’ll reserve...
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