Peter Arrives at Cornelius’ Home

 Meditations on The Acts of the Apostles

February 19, 2021

Peter Arrives at Cornelius’ Home

“Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

Acts 10:33b

Read: Acts 10:17-33       

Cornelius, a Roman centurion, had no use for the idolatry of Rome. He wasn’t a Jew, but he prayed to the God of the Jews. Just as God had been working in the life of the Ethiopian (Chapter 8), God had been working in the life of Cornelius. And just as God sent Phillip to the Ethiopian, God sent Peter to Cornelius.

God gave Peter a vision (v.11-15) that set the foundation for taking the Gospel to the Gentiles. Cornelius was not a Jew, and he did not have to become a Jew to hear and received the Good News of Jesus Christ. The New Community of Believers was open to all people everywhere. The invitation goes out to all people, just as they are. All people are equal before God. All people are invited to repent of their sin and believe in Jesus.

My Takeaway: Peter’s visit to Cornelius’ home reminds me of a motto of a twelve- step recovery group. “It is OK to not be OK, but it is not OK to stay that way. 

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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