Acts 10:15 "The voice spoke to him a second time,"Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
Acts10:34,45"Then Peter began to speak:"I now realise how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right."
There is so much I learnt from this passage, and these few verses were screaming out at me. I wish I had time to go into it all, I wish I had the words to explain my thoughts, but I'm spaced out. However, I do have one thing, What is our response toward sharing the gospel? Do we do selective sharing? Do we deem some people less deserving to hear the gospel than others? Do we show favoritism? It may not be explicit, it may not be intentional, but do we still do that anyhow? Do we feel some people are too poor for church? or maybe we feel we won't connect with them, so we don't try?
2 Timothy 2:22"Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."
For a long time, it has bothered me that how some youths cannot see how their lives displease God. I thought I had the answer, I thought I could talk some sense into them. Then in a morning devotion on my couch, it was as if God just spoke to me:
2 Timothy 2:23-26 "But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will."
Does this mean I give up and sit back, leaving this burning passion inside me to die out?
2 Timothy 3:16-17"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
It's a long process, but it's a solution. Please don't ask me to explain the problem again...
