We still things through the lens of “clean” and “unclean”
There’s a problem for us, on the inside:
Acts 11:9 NIV
“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
From Jews and Gentiles to us and them
What other us and them distinctions do we make?
How can we know what’s Holy?
The Holy Spirit is at work
Contagious Holiness
We spend so much time making sure that we have all our theological and moral ducks in a row, but where is the humility to admit that we, too, are unclean?
Where is the faith that Jesus can make anyone and anything clean?
Touching lepers,
Healing sinners
Good Samaritan: A story about two men who are trying to avoid contamination. Only the one who is alredy unclean is ready to reach out to the one who has become unclean through no fault of his own.
Only the one who is unclean displays teh fruit of the Spirit
Arguments don’t change hearts and minds, lived experience does.
Peter went out and came back. Who is “out there” for us?
Look for the fruit
Acts 11:18 NIV
When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
