Cornelius Calls for Peter

 Meditations on The Acts of the Apostles

February 18, 2021

Cornelius Calls for Peter

“Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter.  He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

Acts 10:5-6

Read: Acts 10:1-16

Cornelius and Peter received very specific instructions. And as we shall see in this and the next two readings, God validated the instructions, first with the consistency between what Cornelius and Peter received, and later by the fruit of their obedience.

Under the Old Covenant, Israel was intended to be a light for the nations. They were marked as God’s people by circumcision, forms of worship and dietary laws. Under the New Covenant, God is using His New Community of Believers (The Christian Church) to be a light to the nations. We are marked as God’s people through justification by faith – that is, coming into a right relationship with God the Father through faith in Christ Jesus, God’s Son. In our passage today, God is setting the stage to announce this foundation of the New Covenant. In our reading on Monday, February 22, Peter will take center stage and proclaim this incredibly Good News.

My Takeaway: God is still leading His people, and I believe it is essential that we validate what we perceive God is revealing to us through scripture and the witness of the church.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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