The Gospel Reaches the Gentiles

The Gospel Reaches the Gentiles

In Acts 10-11:18, Peter learns that God's salvation is for everyone, not just the Jewish people. An angel tells a Roman man named Cornelius to send for Peter. Meanwhile, God gives Peter a vision of unclean animals, telling him to eat. God means for Peter to stop treating Gentiles (non-Jews) as outcasts. Peter preaches to Cornelius's household, the Holy Spirit falls on them, and Peter baptizes them.

Why should I bother?

In Acts 9:32-43, the Apostle Peter performs two powerful miracles that expand the early church's reach. He heals Aeneas, a paralyzed man in Lydda, and raises a devoted disciple named Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead in Joppa. Both miraculous acts bring glory to Jesus, leading many in the region to convert to Christianity

Saul’s Conversion

Acts 9:1-31 details the miraculous conversion of Saul, the church's fiercest persecutor. Struck blind by the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, he is healed by Ananias, baptized, and immediately begins preaching that Jesus is the Son of God, shifting from persecutor to the Apostle to the Gentiles

Saul persecutes the church

Acts 8 describes the early Christian church's expansion beyond Jerusalem, triggered by intense persecution. Driven by Saul, believers fled to Judea and Samaria, where the evangelist Philip successfully preached the gospel, healed the sick, and baptized new converts.

Apostolic Church Full of The Holy Spirit

The dramatic rise, martyrdom, and legacy of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, and the resulting persecution that scattered the early church.