NOTES for Act 11:1-18
The apostle Peter recounts the vision that began a tremendous transformation in the thinking of the first Christians. Only recently, it had seemed obvious to them that God had called only the Jews to salvation. And now the Lord tells Peter not to regard anything or anyone as unclean...
At the Lord's word, the Gentiles received baptism in the Holy Spirit. Everything then becomes simple and clear: if the Lord Himself is at work in people who until recently were pagans, which of His disciples can stand in the Teacher's way? We do not know how the Lord addresses His chosen ones, and therefore we cannot know whom He chooses. One thing is clear to us: we have no right to reject any person by saying that he is “not like us.” Nothing is impossible for God; He cleanses every person.