1. BORROWED
SERMONS:
A BIG BEAUTIFUL
Acts 10 UMBRELLA

2. SOME SERMONS ARE MORE FOR THE
PREACHER THAN THE
AUDIENCE…HERE’S ONE.

3. IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHANGE
COURSES, TRY NEW WAYS AND ESCAPE
OLD PATTERNS THAT HAVE SERVED US
WELL. ASK THE APOSTLE PETER!

4. Key Passage
Acts 10

5. Commitment
Lord, open my eyes to the
value of all kinds of
people. Help me see the
plight of those who travel
along without knowing
you. Shake me out of my
comfort zone. Use me to
love people who are not
my type, color or age. I
repent of being stingy with
your glorious message of
hope.

6. Worship in Song

7. Announcements

8. Worship in Song

9. GOD HAD A NEW
MESSAGE FOR PETER
TO DELIVER
…BUT FIRST HE HAD TO
GET IT INTO PETER’S
HEART

10. THE HOUSETOP
EXPERIENCE
Acts 10:9-20
● A before-lunch prayer time turns
dramatic
● Animals swing low from heaven
● An odd command from God: Eat up!
● A faithful Hebrew responds: No!
More versions of the same

11. WHAT WAS HAPPENING
NOT SO FAR AWAY
Acts 10:1-8
● A soldier meets and angel
● Cornelius receives a
commission, non-military
● Go get „em

12. A STRANGE
DREAM BEGINS TO
MAKE SENSE
Acts 10:21-26
● The Apostle and the
Soldier meet
● The truth comes out
● A sermon begins

13. Communion Remembering
that Jesus includes
even me.
Remembering
the way of Jesus.

14. My Confession
I believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of the
Living God.
I choose to follow Jesus
as my Lord and trust Him
as my Savior.

15. Worship in Song

16. Sharing moment
A gift of thanks.

17. Worship in Song

18. ● The audience bears the
mark of God‟s participation
THE PREACHER ● Peter‟s sermon: Now I‟m a
IS CONVERTED! believer that God has a
Acts 10:27-48 bigger umbrella than mine!
●“Can anyone keep these
people from being baptized
with water? They have
received the Holy Spirit just
as we have!”

19. ● THE OLD MODEL
Hebrews only, please!
● THE EARLY CHURCH MODEL
IT IS STILL A Those who come to Jesus
MATTER OF through the Jewish Door
UMBRELLAS
● THE REVOLUTIONARY TYPE
Covers all who come to God
through the Jesus Door
(period!)

20. ● Who is welcome to walk
under my umbrella?
Anybody disqualified
because of race, social
status or being „unlike me‟?
QUESTIONS I
● Am I, like God, unwilling
HAVE TO SETTLE
that any should perish?
● Do I ever, like Peter, find it
difficult to respond to God‟s
nudging to move into
unfamiliar territory with the
Good News?

21. Worship in Song

22. PRAYER &
PRAISE

23. Commitment
Lord, open my eyes to the
value of all kinds of
people. Help me see the
plight of those who travel
along without knowing
you. Shake me out of my
comfort zone. Use me to
love people who are not
my type, color or age. I
repent of being stingy with
your glorious message of
hope.

24. Go and bless others.
Because, God can do anything, far
more than you could ever imagine
or guess or request through you
toward others.