May 2024
The Gospel Goes to the Nations
INTO THE WORD
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Christianity is a truly international religion. It is not confined to a single tongue or sociocultural expression. A person does not have to learn a new language or take on a new culture to become a believer. All one must do is bow the knee to the Lord Jesus Christ, receiving Him by faith alone.
Ensuring that worship of the one true God would occur in every culture and language and not just in Jewish society and in Hebrew was God’s purpose from the very beginning. After many centuries of working mostly among the Jews, the Lord began saving gentiles in vast numbers through the preaching of the gospel. This ingathering of the gentiles in great numbers included the conversion of the gentile centurion Cornelius.
This month, we will study Acts 10–12, which records Peter’s preaching to Cornelius, the spread of Christianity to Syrian Antioch, and Peter’s imprisonment by Herod Agrippa I and subsequent rescue. We will then spend a few days considering what Scripture says about the sure spread of God’s Word to all nations.
These verses parallel the themes of the studies each week. We encourage you to hide them in your heart so that you may not sin against the Lord:
ABIDING IN THE WORD
- Acts 10:43
- 1 Peter 4:10
- Proverbs 5:22
- Isaiah 11:9