131 A Brand Built in Antioch

Acts 11:1-30, TBC Book Two, Chapter 131
When Peter returned to Jerusalem, news of the Gentiles’ conversion had preceded him. The other apostles and believers throughout Judea heard how the Gentiles had also received the word of God. But for some, this was not good news—Jewish laws had been broken.

Immediately, those believers rebuked Peter for entering the home of “uncircumcised men” and eating with them. So Peter recounted to them all that had happened.

“I was in Joppa, praying, when I fell into a trance and saw a vision appear before me. I saw something like a sheet, coming down to me from heaven. In it I saw four-footed animals, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds. Then I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

“I replied, ‘No, sir! Never have I eaten food that is unclean.’

“Then the voice said, ‘Do not call anything impure or unclean that God has made clean.’

“This dream-like episode happened three times. Then it was all pulled up to heaven. . . .”

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 131, for the rest of the story.)
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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: What the world labels with derisive slurs becomes a badge of honor: "They were first called ‘Christians’ in Antioch.”
     A promise to cling to: “Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things . . . so that no one may boast before him.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 NIV
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