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| "DETOUR THROUGH ACTS: PREPARING FOR SURPRISES" by Erica Stoltzfus | ||||||||||||
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YOUTH GROUP LESSON 79
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| FAITH STORY Acts 10:1-48 FAITH FOCUS: Peter sees a vision in which a white sheet is lowered from heaven with all kinds of unclean animals in it. A voice from heaven tells him to kill and eat the animals. Peter protests because he is a faithful Jew and obeys the dietary laws. This happens three times. Then some men come to the house where Peter is staying; they are sent by Cornelius, a Roman centurion and also a good and faithful man, who had a vision in which God told him to send for a man named Peter. Upon Peter’s arrival, Cornelius bows to him, but Peter refuses it, saying that they are both only mortal beings. Peter has the opportunity to preach to Cornelius and his household and they all become believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit comes upon them in the form of speaking in tongues, so Peter baptizes them with water. They are the first Gentiles to become baptized Christians—an act that Peter must later defend before the rest of the church body. SESSION OBJECTIVES: By the end of the session, students will have: • Acted out (or watched) the story in Acts where Peter and Cornelius each learn something new about God’s will for his people. • Discussed who in our daily lives we choose not to associate with, or who we have been told that it would be inappropriate to make friends with. • Brainstormed ways to be prepared for God to teach us new things and ways he prepares us for that as well. • Prayed for one another to allow the Holy Spirit to work. Continued... |
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