Acts 11:1-18
Rev. Charlie Phillips
Joel Beeke once said, “In essence, sin is all that is in opposition to God.” Martin Luther put it this way: “Sin fails to let God be God.” And R.C. Sproul famously said, “Every act of sin is cosmic treason — a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.”
When you hear those words, who comes to mind?
The moral collapse of our culture?
The unbelieving world shaking its fist at heaven?
The obvious rebellions “out there”?
Or your own heart?
Acts 11 refuses to let us sit back as spectators of someone else’s treason. It confronts us with a sobering reality: sometimes it is not the pagan world that most resists the advance of God — it is God’s own people.