A Mission to Lydda and Beyond: Peter P/3

                                                                                    Read Part One HERE

A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                      PART X - II 

"I, Cornelius, was so overwhelmed by the visit of the angel that I just sat in my chair pondering what had happened... I kept thinking about the fact that the angel had called me by my name!!... That can only mean one thing.... God knows me.... But I am not one of His chosen people... How amazing is that... I then remembered that I am supposed to send some men to Joppa... They are to go there to find a man named Peter....So I got up from my chair... And selected some trusted men... I told them where they were to go.. And what they were to do while there... They have just left for Joppa... I expect they will be back in a day or two... That gives me time to prepare for Peter's visit... I must gather all my family and friends....So we can all hear the message that, no doubt,  Peter will bring us....Isn't God good that He even cares for a Roman Centurion like me?... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Cornelius instructed some trusted men to go to Joppa....

                 ATTACHMENT A WLK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                           PART X - II

After the angel had given Cornelius the message, he went back to heaven and the vision ended. Cornelius sat in his chair, amazed by what he had just experienced for he realised that God knew him by name and that God cared for him. He knew too that he had been given a task: he had to send some men to Joppa so he called for some of his most trusted men and told them to prepare and go to Joppa as soon as they were ready. And when they got to Joppa they were to go to the house of a man namd Simon the Tanner and ask for his guest Peter. And they were to make sure that Peter would return with them for Peter would have a message from the Lord for them as you can read in Acts 10:7-8

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.

 And so these men set off for Joppa. 

Read Part Four HERE