The Gospel to the Gentiles
READ Acts 10:1-4
What is Cornelius, the Roman Centurion,
being told by the angel?
What is implied by this?
READ Acts 10:34-35
So, if God is no respecter of persons, what
does it mean to be a “chosen” people?
What does it mean that God is no
respecter of persons?
READ Acts 10:5, 9-16
What do the “unclean” or “common” animals
represent?
But what does it mean that “what God hath
cleansed, that call not thou common”?
What is the message of this vision to
Peter?
What is the significance of the
proclamation being given to Peter three times?
READ 1 Nephi 13:42
What does this prophecy mean?
Why was this revelation so shocking to
Peter?
READ Acts 10:19-20, 24-32, and 44-48
What is the sign that the gospel is
really to be preached to the Gentiles?
Peter’s Escape from Prison
READ Acts 12:1-5
In the context of Christ, Stephen and
James deaths, what might have the Church assumed would happen to Peter?
What was their reaction?
READ Acts 12:6-11
How did the Lord release Peter from
prison?
How did Peter react?
Is there precedent for this kind of
intrusive action from heaven?
Paul vs. the Judaizers
READ Acts 11:1-3
What happened when the rest of the Church
in Jerusalem heard what Peter had done in opening the Gospel to the Gentiles?
READ Acts 11:22-26
Why do they get Saul/Paul from Tarsus?
Paul and Barnabus preach Christ as the
Messiah in the Jewish synagogue in Antioch (see Acts 13:14-41).
READ Acts 14:42-48
How did the Jews generally react to
Paul’s preaching that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised Messiah?
How did the Gentiles react to the
missionary message?
READ Acts 14:50
How did the Jews react to the Gentiles
accepting the Gospel of Christ?
READ Acts 15:1-5
What do the Jewish Christians want to do
with the Gentile converts?
Why do they want this?
What is the problem with conflating culture
and traditions (of the fathers) with the doctrine of Christ?
What is the problem with settling for a
“starter” gospel rather than the “mysteries of godliness”?
Is the gospel going to the Gentiles a
sea-change for God, and if so, why did He do it?
READ Acts 15:6-18
Why were the Apostles and elders
disputing?
Why was there no difference between
converted Gentiles and Jewish Christians?
What had Simeon declared to them?
