Title: Lord, It Can't Be / Acts 10:14
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It cannot be so, Lord / Acts 10:14
14 Peter said to him, “No, Lord.
I did not know
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"Lord, I can't." These are the words the Lord commanded while the Apostle Peter had a vision.
It is a statement of refusal to The time when I saw the vision was a little after 12 noon.
The location was on the second floor of the home of Simon the leather maker in the port city of Joppa. he's hungry
I had a vision when I felt like I wanted to eat something. the sky opens and
I saw something like a cloth coming down to the ground with your ears tied. All four feet in it
There were beasts, creeping things on the ground, and birds of the air. Then he said, "Peter, get up and hold
Eat." There came a voice saying, "Lord, this cannot be done." deceive
And I never ate any unclean thing." Then another voice was heard.
is. “Do not call what God has made clean, unclean.” After this happened three times, the
Something like a cloth was lifted up into the sky.
Here we learn from the fact that Peter answered the Lord's command, "Lord, it is impossible."
will take notice. Why did the Apostle Peter say, “Lord, how could it be?”
No.” Would he have immediately expressed his refusal?
Let us learn a lesson today by looking for answers to these questions.
First, that even those who have been born again by believing in Jesus Christ still have bad personalities and habits.
Let's see what the facts can teach us.
There is no doubt that if you believe in Jesus Christ and are born again, your sins will be forgiven and you will become righteous and holy.
It's true. Yet, in trying to live like a righteous person and a holy person, the bitter person who fails over and over again
It will be a bitter experience. This is because the old man, the old nature, still remains.
You can see this in Peter. Jesus Christ at the end of his three-and-a-half-year public ministry
came to the branch. Now you will go up to Jerusalem and carry the cross. from this time yes
The number Christ, when he went up to Jerusalem, suffered many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes
He told his disciples that they must receive a gift, be killed, and be raised on the third day. hear this
Then Peter grabbed Jesus and said, “Lord, don’t do that. This will never happen to you.
I will not.” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. you me
one who makes you fall If you are not thinking about the things of God, but rather the things of
Come.” He said to his disciples, “If any man will come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross.
and will follow me.”
After that, Peter witnessed the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ and was filled with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
It was. From then on, Peter boldly and zealously preached the gospel and did a remarkable work.
is. However, today's text reveals that Peter still had a stubborn wall.
“Peter, get up and catch and eat.” Hearing the Lord's voice, Peter immediately answered, "Lord,
I can't." The Lord said, "I can't."
It shows that the old practice is still there.
But Jesus prophesied to Peter, "Truly, truly, I say to you, in your youth,
you girded yourself and walked wherever you wished, but when you are old you will stretch out your arms, and others will
I will gird you and take you where you do not want to go.”
It was prophesied that God would be glorified by sound. As he got older, he changed.
Hurry, obey the Lord's will and live a life of full acceptance and progress to the stage of martyrdom
Went. Even those who are born again still have the old self. But as the years of faith increase,
I hope that you will thoroughly nail the bad character and habits of the old man to the cross.
Second, there are times when we hold on to something that is contrary to or irrelevant to the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.
Let's take a look at the lessons learned.
Peter did not know that the ceremonial law of the Old Testament was abolished in the redeeming grace of Christ, and
He was obsessed with regulations regarding animals and unclean animals. But in a vision Peter saw, heaven
It came down to the ground with your ears tied up like a large cloth, which is unclean in the law.
There were beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. And "Peter, get up
The Lord's voice said, "Catch me and eat me."
is the age I never ate anything unclean and unclean."
Answered. Then the voice of the Lord was heard again. “What God has cleansed you
Don't say it is." This happened three times, and Peter's prejudice and stubbornness were excruciating.
is. We too must examine ourselves to make sure we are not making the same mistake. Gospel and Ship
Let's see if we're not holding on to things that are disrespectful or irrelevant and insisting, "Lord, I can't.
have to unfold it.
Also, Peter had a prejudice against Gentiles. Fellowship with strangers is considered a sin
Even objects and food made by foreigners were considered unclean. the Lord through the vision
He demanded that Peter cast away this prejudice. Because the gospel spread to the Gentile world
because it has to be Gentiles and Israel, Greeks and Jews, through Jesus Christ,
The distinction between barbarians and civilized people has been abolished and abolished. Even so, people of all ages live according to the
If you discriminate against others, it is the foolishness of insisting, “Lord, it cannot be so” to the words of the Lord.
One character.
Religious pluralists and syncretists are also those who insist, "Lord, I can't." Jesus
He said, "...I am the way, the truth, and the life; no to the Father, but through me.
No one comes” (John 14:6). However, pluralists and syncretists
Religion also has salvation, and if you have a kind heart, you will be saved and go to heaven.
is. "Salvation is found in no one else; there is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved.
For nothing has been given to us... “(Acts 4:12), they said, “Lord, it cannot be so.
They are the ones who insist on saying "everything."
Let's look at one more thing. What do you say when you hear the voice of God
do you want to answer “…My beloved brethren, be steadfast, unshaken, always devoted to the work of the Lord.
become believers, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).
I did. Would you say to this, "Lord, it can't be"? "Look at each other, love and
Encourage good deeds and do not forsake meeting, as is the habit of some, but encourage
Let's do it more and more as we see this nearness" (Hebrews 10:24,25).
Do you want to say, "No." To these words, "Lord, it cannot be."
I hope you don't. Also, the Holy Spirit will give you desires and understandings in your hearts.
I hope you will not answer, "Lord, I can't do that."
Peter eventually realized that his attitude was wrong. Then strangers found Peter
Oh. They cried out in a loud voice, "Is Simon, whose name is Peter, living here?" did you
All. The Holy Spirit said, "The two of you are looking for you, so get up and go down. Do not doubt and go together.
I have sent them.” They were sent by the Gentile centurion Cornelius.
is. Peter threw away the words, "Lord, it cannot be." Gentiles according to the Lord's direction
He went to Cornelius's house and preached the gospel to them. Gathering at Cornelius's house to hear the word
The Holy Spirit came upon everyone. With this event as the starting point, the gospel was preached to the Gentile world.
The door has been wide open. Peter finally said, "Lord, I will."
became a ram.
We must give up all our claims, prejudices, and stubbornness that go against God. it's high quality
It could be a hostile personality or habit. It could be tradition or custom. could be theology or doctrine
There is also. It could be a desire or a hobby. But whatever it is, "Lord, it can't be."
It's just ugly if you get to answer. We have to let those things go.
Beloved saints, I appreciate the nature and habits of the old natural man, and the grace of Jesus Christ and
The saint who replies, "Lord, I will do it," by resolutely abandoning everything that is contrary to the truth.
I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.