We all have our own culture. It is a part of us. It goes so deep that we think it is a part of our personality. It can be difficult to break what you believe is the right way of doing things to embrace something foreign. That is why people go through culture shock when they move to a different state. Just image what it is like for those whom pick up their lives to live in a new country.
Peter broke the cultural barriers of Jews and Gentiles when he went into Cornelius' home. It was illegal for a Jew to enter a Roman's home according to the Jewish laws. By Peter entering that home, he was accepting them as pure, just like a Jew. That must have required a lot of faith. This experience revealed to Peter that God did not have favorites. That when people place importance on certain people over others that it is wrong.
Each person matters and we should love each other because God created us. It doesn't matter if you like the person or not. It doesn't matter is the person acts like we think they should act. Peter and Cornelius opened a door that day. This door began a movement of the Holy Spirit. This movement shows that when we come together amazing things can happen as His spiritual gifts pour out onto people. (Acts 10:9-23)
44 "While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in other tongues and declaring the greatness of God." Acts 10: 44-46 (CSB)
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