The Gentile Revival

The Gentile Revival

Lesson 05

july 05, 2026

LESSON TEXT - Acts 10:1–8, 21–23, 44–48

Focus Verses

Acts 10:45–47

45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

Truth about covenant

God extended the same covenant to the Gentiles as to the Jews.

my response to covenant

I will participate in God’s plan for every kindred, tongue, people, and nation.

Covenant context

This story completes the pattern Jesus prophesied to take the gospel from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria and to the end of the earth. Against cultural prejudices and biases, God called the Jewish preacher named Peter to preach the gospel to a Gentile household, and God invited the rest of the world into covenant with Him.

     I.   TWO VISIONS

A. Cornelius’s Vision

B. Peter’s Vision

C. I will recognize that God speaks to people from different cultures.

Who are the people like Cornelius in your life? What is God calling you to do to reach out to them?

     II. CONFIRMATION OF THE VISIONS

A. Peter’s Journey

B. I will be an integral part of spreading the gospel to everyone.

If you think there are people not worthy of you investing your time, what passages in the Bible teach you that we are called to reach everyone with the gospel?

     III.  PETER’S SERMON

A.   Extending Covenant to the Gentiles

What keeps you from bringing up Jesus to people you don’t know?

B.   The Same New Birth as the Jews

In what place can you step out in obedient faith and share the gospel with someone?

C.   I will witness to others about the plan of salvation.

In what scenario would you need to have great courage to share the gospel?