Be Still And Know

Acts 10.34-36 NLT Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favouritism. In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right. This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.” This might not sound revolutionary but you need to understand that Peter’s world had just been turned upside down. He had been brought up with the Old Testament law and he knew that there were very clear rules about what a Jew should and shouldn’t eat. However, he had just had a vision in which he had been told to do the unthinkable. He had seen a large sheet containing four-footed animals, reptiles and birds and told to eat them. His response was exactly the right one for any Jew. He said no. But then the voice said to him, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” This happened three times and then the penny dropped. God was telling him that the Good of News of Jesus was no longer limited to the Jews. The door