Living Outside for Good 11/8/15
Acts 10:1-48
Some Possible Common
Elements of Moving Towards God’s Call
As seen through Peter’s
vision story in Acts 10
Vs 14: Objecting to God’s call by naming personal
piety and
tradition
Vs. 15: Paying attention to the voice that calls,
even if that voice
disagrees with what we find comfortable.
Vs 16: Beware to heed when God speaks, and not
assume we
control the timeline for response
Vs 17: Faith allows for wondering about what God is
doing
Vs. 19: Still wondering
Vs 21: We takes step of faith even as we continue to
wonder
Vs 28: Taking the step creates the space to
acknowledge and/or
agree with what God is trying to
teach us.
Vs 35: We always learn and grow when we walk by
faith
The Gospel (good news) of
Jesus Christ (10:34-43)
·
Jesus is Savior
for people from all nations
·
Jesus is Israel ’s Messiah (and fulfillment of God’s
promise to Israel
·
Jesus is Lord of
all
·
Jesus is
humanity’s peace
·
Jesus anointed by
God the Father
--validated
by the Spirit’s presence
--with
God’s power
--doing
good
--healing
the lost
--God
was with him
·
Jesus dies on the
cross as a sacrifice for our sins
·
Jesus rises from
the dead on the 3rd Day
·
Jesus is seen by
witnesses as alive
·
Jesus is Judge of
the Living and the Dead
We are commanded to {preach}
about him
We
preach by our words, actions, thoughts
We
preach together as a community by our love.
Conclusion: We are to live outside the box.
Inside the box are those
things which are dark, trapping and suffocating.
--assumptions
--barriers
--fears
--materialism
--conflict
--rejection
--ourselves (we are
called to live outside ourselves by putting God first)
We are invited to living outside of that way of life, in the way of life God
calls us to: for good. God is good.
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