Acts, Chapter 10 - Cornelius’s Vision10 Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.-          We left Chapter 9 when Peter raise Dorcas from the dead and many people believed-          now there was a man at Caesarea named Corneliuso   a centurion of what was called the Italian cohorto   this means he was in charge of 100 soldiers§  This means he was a man of authority from a foreign land (like Jesus)-          A devout man and one who feared God with all his householdo   A devout man (means he was to devoted to God and doing what his right)o   And one who feared God (means He had great respect and fear of God to the point which he would not want to disappoint God)o   With all his household (this means he was the spiritual leader of his family)-          And gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continuallyo   Gave many alms (help & money especially to those in need)o   To the Jewish people (God promises special blessings on those who bless the Jews; God also sent Jesus to the Jews first)o   And prayed to God continually (talking to God always; this is what we should do)-          Notice the attributes:o   A man of authority from a foreign lando   A devout mano   And one who feared God with all his household (a spiritual leader)o   And gave many alms to the Jews (helped the Jews in need)o   And prayed to God continuallyo   These all the same attributes as Jesus! 3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” 4 And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, “What is it, Lord?”-          The ninth hour is very curiouso   It was the same time of the afternoon prayer for the Jewso   but Cornelius wasn’t Jewish_o   That is the same time when Jesus died-          He clearly saw in a vision an angel of Godo   the 9th hour is 3:00pm; it must not be a dreamo   it something called a vision; something like watching a movie from heaveno   angels are messengers from God-          He had just come in and said to him “Cornelius!”o   This angel knew his name and spoke his name only at firsto   That is all it took to get the correct reply§  Notice his response seems to imply it is the Lord speaking And he said to him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God. 5 Now dispatch some men to Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter; 6 he is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the sea.” 7 When the angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants, 8 and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.Intro to Outbless Weekly Thanks for listening to Outbless.com

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