Breaking Inhibitions. Acts 11.

The inhibitions that the Jews felt toward associating with the non-Jews (Gentiles) ran very deep. God gave Peter a vision to help him to overcome those inhibitions, and then to help the church in Jerusalem accept what had taken place in the conversion of Cornelius. Not so for the believers who lived in the Greek world. Because of their initiative, the gospel spread quickly in Antioch, and the church grew. For those early Christians who went to Antioch to share the good news, the inhibitions inherent in Judaism were broken by the message of love and salvation that Jesus had shared.