Church Of The Lost Sheep

"Talking things over, they went on into the house, where Cornelius introduced Peter to everyone who had come. Peter addressed them, “You know, I’m sure that this is highly irregular. Jews just don’t do this—visit and relax with people of another race. But God has just shown me that no race is better than any other. So the minute I was sent for, I came, no questions asked. But now I’d like to know why you sent for me.” Acts 10:27-29 MSG [ This is the 5th lesson of this  series ] In a previous lesson in this series, we discussed how God shows no favoritism. Today we will expand on this as we continue reading from that excerpt from the Book of Acts . Racism If we haven't learned yet, Jewish people do not normally mingle with non Jews. And in a way, some people view this as a sign of racism . We actually see these segregation practices recorded, particularly in the Jewish Scriptures (Old Testament bible). Now we tackle sensitive issues like this on another Series ( Why I

Parable of the Two Sons “Now what do you think? A man had two sons, and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go work in the vineyard today.’ The son answered, ‘I won’t,’ but afterward he had a change of heart and went. The man went to the second son and said the same thing. But he answered, ‘I will, sir,’ and didn’t go. Which of the two did the will of the father?” “The first,” they said. Yeshua  said to them, “Amen, I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and even after you saw this, you had no change of heart to believe him.” Matthew 21:28-33 [This is the 9th lesson in this series] Jesus told this parable (story) after the chief priests and elders asked Him on what authority does He do the things He was doing. As in other cases, Jesus responded with a question back for them and by telling a