2. Acts 10: 9 – 16
“9 The next day, as they were on their journey and
approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about
the sixth hour to pray. 10 And he became hungry and wanted
something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell
into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something
like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four
corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals
and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice
to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By
no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is
common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a
second time, “What God has made clean, do not call
common.” 16 This happened three times, and the thing was
taken up at once to heaven.”

3. ACTS 10:
THE VISION THAT
SAVED THE CHURCH

4. VISION IS FACILITATED
BY HUNGER
“And he became hungry and wanted something
to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell
into a trance” – Acts 10:10

5. SOMETIMES THERE
EXISTS FRICTION
BETWEEN OUR
PERSPECTIVES AND
THE WORK OF GOD
“And there came a voice to him: ‘Rise, Peter; kill and
eat.’But Peter said, ‘By no means, Lord; for I have
never eaten anything that is common or unclean.’ ”
– Acts 10:13-14

6. GOD IS IN THE
BUSINESS OF
MAKING PEOPLE
“UN” COMMON
“ And the voice came to him again a second time,
‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’ ”
– Acts 10:15

7. VISION POSITIONS “THE
CHURCH” TO ENGAGE
THOSE IN WHOM GOD IS
WORKING.
“And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit
said to him, ‘Behold, three men are looking for you.
Rise and go down and accompany them without
hesitation, for I have sent them.’”
– Acts 10:19

8. Common – “koinos”
 Common, ordinary
 Used by the Jews to mean profane or unclean
Community – “koinōnia”
 Fellowship, Community, Intimacy
 The believers relationship with Christ and the
Church

9. GOD TAKES THE
UNCLEAN,
THE COMMON,
AND CREATES
A COMMUNITY.
“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the
fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
– 1 Corinthians 1:9

10. THE HEARTBEAT OF
THE GOSPEL
“Truly I understand that God shows no
partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him
and does what is right is acceptable to him.”
– Acts 10:34 – 35

11. THE POSITION OF THE
NARRATIVE
Acts 9:
The Conversion of Saul
Acts 10 – Acts 11:18:
Peter and Cornelius
Acts 11:19 – 30:
The Sending Forth of Saul

12. THE VISION OF PETER
PAVED THE WAY
FOR THE FUTURE
MINISTRY OF THE
APOSTLE PAUL

13. OBEYING THE
VISION TODAY HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO
TRANSFORM
TOMORROW.