3. Henry Gerecke

4. Hermann Göring

5. Wilhelm Keitel

6. Joachim von Ribbentrop

7. For you, who exists beyond the reach of God’s grace?

8. For you, who exists beyond the reach of God’s grace?
Who would you avoid, or not go near, because you see them as beyond and outside God’s reach?

9. So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.

10. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.  And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

11. And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.  And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.

12. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God
For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, “Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
Acts 10:34-48

13. For the Jews the Romans existed beyond the realm of God’s grace.

14. For the Jews the Romans existed beyond the realm of God’s grace.
The Romans were Gentiles.

15. For the Jews the Romans existed beyond the realm of God’s grace.
The Romans were Gentiles.
The Romans had committed grave sins against the Jews.

16. For the Jews the Romans existed beyond the realm of God’s grace.
The Romans were Gentiles.
The Romans had committed grave sins against the Jews.
These sins included the execution (typically by crucifixion) of those who resisted Roman power.

17. to the house of Cornelius.
God called Peter to go
to the house of Cornelius.

18. to the house of Cornelius.
God called Peter to go
to the house of Cornelius.
God used Peter, and then did something remarkable.

19. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 (ESV)

20. The Jews had interpreted this passage as applying to themselves.

21. The Jews had interpreted this passage as applying to themselves.
Now, as Peter went to the house of Cornelius, he saw God do this
to the Gentiles.

22. So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.

23. Acts 9 & 10 deal with the conversion of Saul and Cornelius.

24. Acts 9 & 10 deal with the conversion of Saul and Cornelius.
Both men could have been classified as enemies of God. Yet God chooses to make them into his friends.

25. For you, who exists beyond the reach of God’s grace?
Who would you avoid, or not go near, because you see them as beyond and outside God’s reach?

26. There is no place that we can go where we are beyond
the grace of God.

27. There is no place that we can go where we are beyond the grace of God.
Potentially, there is no place
that God would not send us
to minister his grace.