The Lord gave me this word for you:
Acts 11:9-18
[SUP]9 [/SUP]“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ [SUP]10 [/SUP]This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]“Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. [SUP]12 [/SUP]The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. [SUP]13 [/SUP]He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. [SUP]14 [/SUP]He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’
[SUP]15 [/SUP]“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. [SUP]16 [/SUP]Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ [SUP]17 [/SUP]So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”
[SUP]18 [/SUP]When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
