KNOWN SECRETS

ACTS 10

Pastor Rick Jackson

Have you ever had a secret that really wasn’t a secret, but people thought it was a secret because it wasn’t a well-known fact? For instance, because my nickname is “Rick” many people assume my given name is “Richard." I have had quite a few people act shocked when they learn my given name, is in fact, Frederick. No secret really but some people seem to think it was. The centurion in Acts 10 had a “secret” too, but it was not a secret and it was something he wanted rectified. Let’s find out what it was all about!

I. HIS STRENGTHS [v. 1-2]

1. He was Devout [v. 1-2a] He didn’t reject the idea of God’s worthiness.

2. He Feared God [v. 2b] He didn’t reject the idea of facing God.

3. He Prayed [v. 2c, 30-33] He didn’t reject the idea that God would answer prayer.

II. HIS SECRETS [v. 22-27]

1. He was Lost [v. 22-23]

2. He was Ignorant [v. 24-26]

3. He was Easy to Win [v. 27, 44]

III. HIS SALVATION [v. 6-10]

1. God is more interested in saving sinners than sinners are in being saved [v. 3-8]

2. God has more problems with saints than sinners sometimes [v.9-21]

3. God has provided the way of salvation [v. 36-43]

4. God has proscribed the manner of dissemination [v. 5-6, 20, 34-36]