How dare you lead them to Jesus!

How dare you lead them to Jesus! (Acts 11:1-18)

    When Peter got back to Jerusalem he was met with open arms and great rejoicing. NOT! The first thing that hit him was the Brethren wanting to know why he went to those filthy Gentiles. After Peter explained it to them they concluded that God must have also granted the Gentiles repentance to life. DUH! That is exactly what God told Abraham he was going to do in Genesis 12:1-3 and all through the Old Testament.
    Now before we get to far along, let's note that it is not always wrong to questions someone's method's, motives, etc. In other words, just because people got saved does not mean that everything is right about it. But if something is to be called into question it must be based on God's word. We can't say, "Well, I just think...", "We have never done it that way", "You wouldn't catch me over there". All though what someone does may not fall into our personal preferences, if it is to be called into question it can only be done by saying, "God's word says...". If it is not a violation of God's word then just admit that it is not your preference or even conviction about what you would do, but if the other person is following God's leadership and not violating scripture then praise God for what he has led them to do.
    Another things for us to evaluate about ourselves in this section is if we are prejudice against certain people and therefore we refuse to give them the gospel. If so, we need to repent.

The Church at Antioch (11:19-30)

    We are going to see that the church at Antioch was a powerful church and here we read about its beginning. The people at Antioch were the first ones to be called Christians. Christian means to be like Jesus. That means it is possible to be a saved person and not be a Christian. Note that this is a label other people gave them. The did not call themselves Christians, but because others could see Jesus in their actions, hear Jesus in their words, and sense Jesus in their demeanor, they called them Christians.

Another Marytar, James the Apostle is killed (Acts 12:1-2)

Another Jail Break (Acts 12:3-4, 6-11, 18-19)

A Doubting prayer Meeting (Acts 12:5, 12-17)

    They had so little confidence in their prayers that when God answered them they started coming up with reasons it could not be true. Before we get to hard on them, we have stopped having prayer meetings altogether. What does that say about our confidence in the power of our prayers?

Herod dies for failing to give God glory (Acts 12:20-23)

    We better remember the right person to fear. Matthew 10:28, And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

The Return to Antioch, with John Mark (12:24-25)

    Keep your eye on John Mark.