No Partiality in the Gospel

Acts 10:34 And opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,

Peter is speaking here of who can receive the grace of God.  The answer he concludes, based on the events surrounding Cornelius, is anyone.  

This is a powerful passage for us.  We cannot limit in any way the reach of the gospel.  God can draw whomever he chooses from any tribe, tongue, people, nation, race, sex, or economic class.  All may come.  All should be treated equally, as the early church comes to understand (not without some difficulty).

This struggle to understand that in Christ all are equal, is an example of progressive revelation.  God uses the events of history and the church's struggles to reveal more and more of his truth as time goes by.