Fbco Sunday Sermons

I recently watched the movie 42, the true story of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in major league baseball. What a story of courage! When Robinson stepped onto the diamonds in stadiums across the nation he was subjected to horrible treatment by both players and fans. Enos Slaughter once tore open Robinson's calf muscle on purpose by sliding into it with his steel spikes. Player after player hurled racial epithets at him. It took quite a man to endure all of this without striking back. Acts 10 is the Jackie Robinson moment of the New Testament. One of the biggest barriers in world history was about to come down -- the barrier that separated all Gentiles from the people of God. When Peter walked into Cornelius' house to preach the Gospel, he was doing something just as controversial as Jackie Robinson walking onto the diamonds of major league baseball. He made it clear that he was breaking Jewish law: "'You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. Bu