Forgiveness of Sins through His Name

(The Good News of Peace)

Acts 10:1-48

Key Verse 10:43

Read verses 1-8. Cornelius' prayers and gifts to the poor are called "a memorial offering before God." What does this designation ("memorial") indicate about the significance of prayers and gifts to the poor? Why did God bother to ask Cornelius to send men for Peter? 

Read verses 9-16. What do the four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds stand for? (24,28) What do you think the voice meant when it said (in verse 13), "Kill and eat"? 

What does "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean" mean? (John 1:29) 

Skim through verses 17-29. How did Cornelius and Peter come together in the same room? What shows that the two still felt uneasy about being in the same room?

Read verses 30-43. What is the message God sent to the people of Israel? (36b-43)

Read verses 44-46. When did the Holy Spirit come? What is the purpose of a "tongue"? What is the significance of men speaking in "tongues" (or "other languages")? And praising God? 

Read verses 47-48. What does it mean to be "baptized in the name of Jesus Christ"? 

** Write a testimony based on one thing you learned from the passage.