Who’s Acceptable

Who’s Acceptable

My daughter and I like a movie in which one of the characters, at a critical point in the movie, says, “Ahhhh, she’s acceptable.” It has become an inside joke for us. 

As I read this passage, I thought about that. Prior to God’s intervention in Peter’s thought life, reference Jews and Gentiles, Peter believed that the two people groups were not to interact. However, God put that to rest. 

But here’s the clarification. It’s not that God accepts everyone equally. He accepts those who believe in Him, equally. Many well meaning Christians mess that up. 

If you’re a person who thinks everyone is going to heaven because God is love and, “why would a loving God send someone to hell,” I encourage you to read Matthew 25. Allow the parables in that chapter to penetrate your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom to understand what Jesus was teaching us. 

Faith is not a game. Jesus is the King of kings. He’s not Burger King; you don’t get Him your way. You must surrender to Him without qualification. Then you will be acceptable to Him. Here’s today’s Bible verse. Enjoy. 

Acts 10:27-29

27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 

28 He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. 

29 So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?”

Today’s Readings:

Acts 10:24-48; Proverbs 17:9-11