We read in Acts 10 of Cornelius's
vision. Later in the chapter we read (read vs. 25-28)(34-35).
“As Peter entered his home,
Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him. But Peter pulled him up and said,
“Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!” So they talked together and went inside,
where many others were assembled. Peter told them, “You know it is against our
laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with
you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or
unclean. Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.
In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.”
Does this scripture not speak to our
mission to the Navajo women?
We read from a wonderful book
written by a Chippewa from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. He
is married to LaDonna, a Navajo woman. He has been a conference speaker for
Promise Keepers. The book is Whiteman's Gospel. A passage that stood out was
from pages 21-22. "What many Native North Americans and white men fail to
understand is that prior to the introduction of Christianity into the cultures
of Europe, most Europeans were involved in the same kind of animistic forms of
worship common among Native American tribes, the Israelites, and others who
embrace spirit worship worldwide as alluded to in Romans 1:18-23."
"Anglo-Americans must also see
themselves as products of missions, unless they have Jewish blood. If someone
had not brought the gospel to their ancestral people, many would not be Christian
today. The white man is not the author of Christianity, God is. The white man
is only the messenger to bring the gospel to this part of the world."
Mavany for the Team
