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A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART X - 1
"As you may remember, I, Peter, was in Joppa where I stayed with my friend Simon the Tanner.... I thought my reason for being there was simply to encourage the Jewish believers... However, I soon found out that God had other things in mind.... I was not at all prepared for these things... They were related to a man named Cornelius... He lived in Caesarea.... I did not know about this man... But God knew about him...And God sent an angel to him... "Yes, earlier this afternoon, I, Cornelius, had my usual prayer time.... Now I am a Roman Centurion.... But I follow the Jewish practices.... That is why every afternoon I pray at 3 pm as I did today....However as I prayed this afternnon something very unusual happened... I had a vision.... And in this vision an angel appeared.... And he spoke to me... He called me by my name...I barely managed to speak to the angel... I was so overcome by his visit...He told me to send some men to Joppa... The are to bring back a man named Peter....The angel then went back up to heaven.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of the angel's visit to Cornelius....
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART X - I
Peter had not yet returned to Jerusalem but was still in Joppa where he stayed at the home of a believer named Simon the Tanner as you can read in Acts 9:43
Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.
In another city, Caesarea, live a man named Cornelius as you can read in Acts 10:1-2
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing, he gave generously to those in need, and prayed to God regularly.
This man was a centurion in the Roman army, and he followed the Jewish religious practices by praying to the Jewish God and giving to the poor. God heard his prayers and saw his kindness towards the ppor and God was pleased. But God know that Cornelius was in need of hearing the Good News of Jesus Christ in order to be saved. So God sent him an angel. That day Cornelius was doing what he regularly did; he took time out to pray. He would sit in his special chair and he would pray to God. But that day was special for on that day God sent him an angel in a vision. When Cornelius saw that angel, he first thought that he had a dream. But then the angel spoke to him. So he knew the angel was real. And the angel called him by his name, "Cornelius." Then the angel continued to talk to him telling him to select some of his men and to send them to a place called Joppa where they had to go to the house of a man named Simon the Tanner for Simon had a visitor from Jerusalem, a man named Peter. And they were to ask Peter to return with them to Caesarea as you can read in Acts 10:3-6
One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw a angel of God, who came to him and said, "Cornelius." Cornelius stared at him in fear. "What is it, Lord?" he asked. The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. 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."
When Cornelius got up that morning he had no idea what would be awaiting him that day.
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