Big Idea: Never keep out someone whom God is bringing in.

Spiritual Prejudice: Thinking you know what God is doing in someone else when you actually don’t.

            Acts 10:1-2, 4b-5, 9-13

            Leviticus 11:8, 45

            Acts 10:14-17, 28

 Never keep out someone whom God is bringing in.

            Acts 10:34-36, 44-45, 47

 We’re called to make followers of Jesus, not followers of us.

            Acts 11:17

            Revelation 7:9-10

Message Questions

We are continuing our study in the book of Acts, which is the story of the Holy Spirit igniting the Jesus movement through faithful obedience of a few humble people. We continue that same story today, and the Holy Spirit will use the teachings of Acts to inspire you to do the same thing the earliest followers of Jesus did when they first understood the magnitude of what God has done through Christ: to GO. This Sunday, the big idea is: Never keep out someone whom God is bringing in. Our passage is Acts 10:1-11:18. 

Use these questions to discuss the message from Sunday, focusing on how you can grow as an everyday follower of Jesus and how you can go accomplish what Jesus calls you to do.

1. Read Acts 10:1-10. How is Cornelius described? What did the angel tell him to do? Where and when was Peter praying? What happened to him when he got hungry?

2. Have someone read Acts 10:11-17. Summarize Peter’s trance in a sentence or two. What is Peter’s response to this dream? Read Leviticus 11:13 & 45 to better understand Peter’s confusion.

3. Have someone read Acts 10:28. How does this verse help us understand that Peter’s trance isn’t about food but is about people? Pastor Wyatt shared that God’s heart is for all people in all nations. Where have you seen God work in people who seem far away from Jesus?

4. Pastor Wyatt shared that “we’re called to make followers of Jesus, not followers of us.” How did this statement sit with you when you heard it on Sunday? Have someone read Acts 11:17. Share a time when maybe you have hindered God. How did realizing you may have been hindering God grow your relationship with Jesus?

5. Pastor Wyatt defined spiritual prejudice as “thinking you know what God is doing in someone else when you actually don’t.” How has spiritual prejudice affected your ability to go to the relationships where Jesus has called you?