SERMON NOTES (Oct 25, 2015): Vision of Change - Acts 10

Vision of Change – Acts 10

Focal Passage: Acts 10:34-45

Explain: Biblical Model of Vision

•       Crisis of Condition (recognition of sin or limitation)

•       Cost of Change

•       Consequence of the Conflict

The Background Story Peter & Cornelius Two Merging Visions

I. What happens when Vision meets History? (vs. 34-38)

Crisis Options: 1. Ignore History, 2. Celebrate History

ILL. Ellijay’s history: Trail of Tears 

Cost of losing history: Assurance of what you know

Consequence: We must celebrate our past but be careful not to confine our future by history’s standard.

II. What happens when Vision meets Tradition? (vs. 39-41)

Crisis Options: 1. Quit Traditions, 2. Keep Traditions

ILL. FBC Ellijay Tradition – FBC Ellijay & Ellijay Baptist Church

Cost of quitting tradition: Continuity in what was seen

Consequence: We should continue our traditions to the point of their agreement with God’s Written Word for Always & His Revealed Will for Today.

III. What happens when Vision meets Practice? (vs. 42-45)

Crisis Options: 1. Change practice, 2. Reinforce Practice

ILL. Population of Ellijay today: Guatemalan

Cost of changing practice: Fruits of what you say

Consequence: We must collect the harvest of our preaching in a new era.