An Angel Visits Cornelius"
Series: Encounters With Angels
Message #14
Scripture: Acts 10:1-8, 22, 30-31
GOD Is OMNISCIENT
- The angel visits Cornelius, a gentile military man.
- Cornelius is a friend of Israel and devout in trying to worship God.
- The angel informs Cornelius that God is aware of his prayers but he doesn't know enough to be saved.
- God arranges a meeting between Cornelius and the Apostle Peter.
- God knows everything about Cornelius, Peter, and us.
- God is OMNISCIENT, knowing everything past, present, and future. It's a GOD-only attribute.
GOD's ORDERS Are CLEAR
- The angel orders Cornelius to send men to Joppa to the house of Simon, a tanner where the Apostle Peter lived.
- Peter, while praying, falls into a "trance" and has a dream about a sheet with forbidden meat.
- An angelic voice tells Peter to eat the meat, but Peter refuses, calling it unclean.
- The voice responds: "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common."
- The men sent by Cornelius arrive, and the voice instructs Peter to go with them, doubting nothing.
Our OBEDIENCE Is EXPECTED
- Peter's OBEDIENCE was the right move, regardless of his previous belief that salvation was only for the Jews.
- Cornelius also obeyed.
- Peter preaches the gospel salvation message to Cornelius, leading to the salvation of Cornelius and his entire family.
- We must believe and obey the Bible and the Holy Spirit without overthinking.
- The question for us all: "Will you obey the Lord when he tells us the way to get saved?"
- Only a heart ready to surrender to the Lord will obey his command to be "born again."
- Believe and trust in Jesus. Don't wait to cry out to him to receive the free gift of eternal life before it's too late.
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