10:9 第二天，他們行路將近那城。彼得約在午正，上房頂去禱告，
10:10 覺得餓了，想要吃。那家的人正預備飯的時候，彼得魂遊象外，
10:11 看見天開了，有一物降下，好像一塊大布，繫著四角，縋在地上，
10:12 裡面有地上各樣四足的走獸和昆蟲，並天上的飛鳥；
10:13 又有聲音向他說：「彼得，起來，宰了吃！」
10:14 彼得卻說：「主啊，這是不可的！凡俗物和不潔淨的物，我從來沒有吃過。」
10:15 第二次有聲音向他說：「上帝所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。」
10:16 這樣一連三次，那物隨即收回天上去了。
10:17 彼得心裡正在猜疑之間，不知所看見的異象是甚麼意思。哥尼流所差來的人已經訪問到西門的家，站在門外，
10:18 喊著問：「有稱呼彼得的西門住在這裡沒有？」
10:19 彼得還思想那異象的時候，聖靈向他說：「有三個人來找你。
10:20 起來，下去，和他們同往，不要疑惑，因為是我差他們來的。」
10:21 於是彼得下去見那些人，說：「我就是你們所找的人。你們來是為甚麼緣故？」
10:22 他們說：「百夫長哥尼流是個義人，敬畏上帝，為猶太通國所稱讚。他蒙一位聖天使指示，叫他請你到他家裡去，聽你的話。」
9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”
14 “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
16 This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
17 While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate. 18 They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.
19 While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Simon, three[a] men are looking for you. 20 So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”
21 Peter went down and said to the men, “I’m the one you’re looking for. Why have you come?”
22 The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”
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上帝對哥泥流做工似乎較容易，他馬上有反應派人去找彼得。然而彼得這邊似乎比較困難，需要較特別的方法。不只是一次，還要連續三次呢！上帝讓彼得看見：「看見天開了，有一物降下，好像一塊大布，繫著四角，縋在地上，裡面有地上各樣四足的走獸和昆蟲，並天上的飛鳥。」
又有聲音向他說：「彼得，起來，宰了吃！」
然而彼得反應是：「主啊，這是不可的！凡俗物和不潔淨的物，我從來沒有吃過。」
在第二次上帝還說：「上帝所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。」
這樣三次彼得都沒有行動，聖經說：「彼得心裡正在猜疑之間，不知所看見的異象是甚麼意思。」
的確，要改變根深蒂固的想法是不容易的，但是上帝願意耐心一次又一次來改變，直到人願意有行動！也因為這樣，不是人不要主動，而是人在許多時候受制於傳統或成見，尤其是越敬虔的人，越是有不能打破的限制！
求主幫助也常常動工，讓我們可以突破心中的限制，真正能自由自在讓主來使用我們！
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