#ScriptureReflection - Acts of the Apostles 11:11-18 (7.9.22)

 ¹¹  “Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. ¹²  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. ¹³  He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. ¹⁴  He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’

¹⁵  “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. ¹⁶  Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ ¹⁷  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?”

¹⁸  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.”

Source: NIV (New International Version)