Join us as we read the scriptures and a daily devotion written by Don Crisp. We pray these messages will bless us all at this time.
Acts chapter 10:17-26:
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Acts chapter 10:17-26:
V17-18: As Peter is puzzling over what his vision means, the men from Cornelius arrive at the house and ask for him. There are no ” coincidences” in God’s dealings with His people, only the working out of His sovereign purposes.
V19-20: Still pondering over what God is saying to him ( or is he resisting it, as we may do at times?) Peter is told by the Holy Spirit to go down to the men who are seeking him, and to go with them – for God has sent them.
V21-22: He goes to them, asks why they have come, and they tell him of the devout centurion, well-regarded by the Jews who know him, and how an angel had appeared to him, telling him to send for Peter.
V23: Peter invites them in – already going against the Jewish ” taboos” about contact with Gentiles – and next day sets out with them for Caesarea, accompanied by some Jewish believers from Joppa – who will be God’s chosen witnesses to what happens.
V24: When they arrive, Cornelius has gathered “his relatives and close friends” in anticipation of what Peter has to tell them. Clearly, he is a man concerned to share what he knows of God with others – an example to us all.
V25-26: He falls down before Peter, offering him homage, but Peter quickly corrects this – he is only a man, like Cornelius himself. What belongs only to God must not be given to him!