Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Easter Sunday (2014)
Illustration
Acts 10:34-43
This was a shocking message to the Jews, especially the Pharisees who hated all Gentile outsiders. It was assumed that only the "children of Abraham" were saved. But then we learn that all the people in the world can be Abraham's children if we have faith like he did. It included not only white, but also black and yellow and red no matter how they looked on the outside. As long as they "feared" him and did what was right. Only Satan is racist.
This was a shocking message to the Jews, especially the Pharisees who hated all Gentile outsiders. It was assumed that only the "children of Abraham" were saved. But then we learn that all the people in the world can be Abraham's children if we have faith like he did. It included not only white, but also black and yellow and red no matter how they looked on the outside. As long as they "feared" him and did what was right. Only Satan is racist.
