GOSPEL - For All

Acts 10:34-43 | Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism. 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. You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of baptism. And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. “And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him to life on the third day. Then God allowed him to appear, not to the general public, but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be his witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead. He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.”

• What is the Good News or Gospel?

• Is the Gospel only for God’s chosen people in the Old Testament- the Jews? Why or why not?

• What does it mean to show favoritism? What would favoritism look like if applied to the Gospel?

• God doesn’t show favoritism or limit who can be saved— made right with Him through Jesus. In what ways do you limit God’s power to save? Do you ever think that certain people may not be interested in God? May not be willing to turn to God? Are too far gone to be saved by God? If so, who and why?