Not-So-Quiet-Time: Acts 10
At-Home Bible Guide for the Week of 11/9
Day 1: Verses 1-8
God was working in the life of Cornelius and his family before Peter knew anything about it. It is important for us to remember that God is always at work, and that He doesn’t come onto the scene at the same time we do. God had lined up Peter and Cornelius in the right places at the right time to bring about his plan. And He does that in our lives too. How does it encourage you to know that God is working out his plans perfectly even when we don’t see it?
Day 2: Verses 9-23
Sometimes understanding and following Jesus can be confusing. We see that in Peter’s story: “Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean” (10:17). But God did not leave Peter perplexed. The Spirit led him in what to do next. What are the tools that the Spirit uses in our lives to bring clarity out of confusion?
Day 3: Verse 24-33
Cornelius’s commitment to his family and friends is beautiful. He called together those he cared most about because he knew that God sent Peter with a special message. He didn’t want anyone to miss out. He wanted his family and his friends to stand together “in the presence of God to hear all that [Peter had] been commanded by the Lord” (10:33). If you love someone, you should have a deep desire for them to hear God’s Word. What does it look like for you to gather your people to hear “what has been commanded by the Lord”?
Day 4: Verses 34-43
Peter preached the same gospel to Cornelius’s non-Jewish family and friends as he did to the Jewish people at Pentecost. There is one gospel and it is for all people: “everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name” (10:43). No one is so good that they don’t need the gospel, or so bad that they are disqualified from the gospel. Is there someone you know who seems too lost or too broken to be changed by the gospel? Pray for them today.
Day 5: Verses 44-48
This passage shows that after the resurrection of Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit, it is baptism—not circumcision—which marks God’s visible church. And any person or family to whom God has given his Spirit should be included. The church is not divided by class, status, ethnicity, background, or language. Instead, it is united by the gospel. Pray that the church would not be divided over things that should not be divisive.
Catechism Connection: WSC 27-28
In sharing the gospel, Peter explained the humiliation and exaltation of Jesus to Cornelius and his crew. His humiliation included his “low condition, living under the Law,... miseries of this life, undergoing the wrath of God and the cursed death of the Cross… being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time” (WSC 27). But his exaltation includes “his rising again from the dead on the third day, ascending to heaven, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and coming to judge the world on the last day” (WSC 28).
Day 1: Verses 1-8
God was working in the life of Cornelius and his family before Peter knew anything about it. It is important for us to remember that God is always at work, and that He doesn’t come onto the scene at the same time we do. God had lined up Peter and Cornelius in the right places at the right time to bring about his plan. And He does that in our lives too. How does it encourage you to know that God is working out his plans perfectly even when we don’t see it?
Day 2: Verses 9-23
Sometimes understanding and following Jesus can be confusing. We see that in Peter’s story: “Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean” (10:17). But God did not leave Peter perplexed. The Spirit led him in what to do next. What are the tools that the Spirit uses in our lives to bring clarity out of confusion?
Day 3: Verse 24-33
Cornelius’s commitment to his family and friends is beautiful. He called together those he cared most about because he knew that God sent Peter with a special message. He didn’t want anyone to miss out. He wanted his family and his friends to stand together “in the presence of God to hear all that [Peter had] been commanded by the Lord” (10:33). If you love someone, you should have a deep desire for them to hear God’s Word. What does it look like for you to gather your people to hear “what has been commanded by the Lord”?
Day 4: Verses 34-43
Peter preached the same gospel to Cornelius’s non-Jewish family and friends as he did to the Jewish people at Pentecost. There is one gospel and it is for all people: “everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name” (10:43). No one is so good that they don’t need the gospel, or so bad that they are disqualified from the gospel. Is there someone you know who seems too lost or too broken to be changed by the gospel? Pray for them today.
Day 5: Verses 44-48
This passage shows that after the resurrection of Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit, it is baptism—not circumcision—which marks God’s visible church. And any person or family to whom God has given his Spirit should be included. The church is not divided by class, status, ethnicity, background, or language. Instead, it is united by the gospel. Pray that the church would not be divided over things that should not be divisive.
Catechism Connection: WSC 27-28
In sharing the gospel, Peter explained the humiliation and exaltation of Jesus to Cornelius and his crew. His humiliation included his “low condition, living under the Law,... miseries of this life, undergoing the wrath of God and the cursed death of the Cross… being buried and continuing under the power of death for a time” (WSC 27). But his exaltation includes “his rising again from the dead on the third day, ascending to heaven, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and coming to judge the world on the last day” (WSC 28).
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