Acts 11:12-18 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter; he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’ As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
God’s love is for all people, regardless of background, and we are called to embrace diversity within the body of Christ. Peter came from a culture where other people were ritually unclean and he couldn’t even eat with them. Thanks to his faith in God, he understood that all Christians, regardless of background or nationality are his brothers and sisters in Christ.
Question: How can you show God’s love to people who may be different from you?