Endings and Beginnings: The Beginning of Unity in the Church, Part 2

Have you ever had a moment where your life was completed turned upside down? Where you didn’t know what was going on, but you did know that your life would never be the same?

The apostle Peter had just such a moment when God told him to visit with a Roman centurion named Cornelius, a Gentile, and to preach the word of God to him and his family and friends. Peter broke the Jewish law by fraternizing with these Gentiles (a law that was not given by God, but was created by Israel). But God’s command was clear: “What I have called clean, do not call common.”

In this podcast, Pastor Joe finishes a sermon series about “Endings and Beginnings of the 1st Century Church.” He speaks about Peter’s encounter with Cornelius, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that one and for all invited every person in the world to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. He also invites us to be the hands and feet of Jesus in our community as we enter the season of Lent, a time of preparation and anticipation of Jesus’ death and resurrection. He invites us to love our neighbors and to invite people to church who might need to hear the good news of the Gospel.