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Introduction
The God Directed Conversion Of Gentiles Ch. 10-11:18
IMPORTANT – while God had said Paul would preach to Gentiles, @ this point it has mostly been Jews and ½ Jews.
This ch. is where all that changes.
What we learn in these two chapters is that the gospel is for everyone.
No one is excluded.
PRAY
When I was young my family took a trip every year.
In the middle of summer, when it was nice and hot, we would pack up and drive to Patrick’s Point state park on the coast up north.
All of us kids loved it.
It was one of our favorite places.
We knew all the fun things to do and the secret trails to follow.
We got to have special “camp” meals and we had all kinds of fun traditions.
As I have gotten older, and now have children of my own, I have realized something very important.
For the parents, vacations are a lot of hard work!
Just contemplating all that my mom and dad had to do to make these camping trips happen is exhausting!
As a kid I never even considered all the preparation that went into our trip each year.
All I knew was that I enjoyed the result.
The gospel message is like that.
Oftentimes all we see is the result, we don’t necessarily consider all the preparation that went into someone coming to Christ.
But before the gospel is preached, there needs to be preparation.
That is what we are going to deal with this morning.
We are going to learn how
God Readies The Hearts For Conversion 10:1-16
There are two people who are prepared in this passage.
We are going to see the preparation of the recipient as well as the preparation of the preacher.
Two challenges.
God’s Preparation Of The Preacher vv.
9-16
Submit to God’s preparation.
Preach the gospel to every creature.
Why?
We have been created to preach the gospel.
This means that fulfillment, purpose, and meaning are tied to our proclamation of Jesus Christ.
With that in mind, lets look at God’s preparation of these men.
Preparation is begun in this chapter with…
1.
The Command To Cornelius vv.
1-8
God’s preparation of those involved in this new phase of Gospel preaching is just as different as the men themselves.
Being a military man, Cornelius is commanded.
Peter is dealt with differently as we will see.
As this command to Cornelius is presented to us we are also given information about him.
The first thing we find in the text is a description of…
a. Cornelius’ character vv.
1-2
READ v. 1.
This verse tells us three things about Cornelius.
He is in Caesarea.
This is a coastal city, ?
miles from Joppa (S).
He is a centurion.
In charge of about 100 men.
He is part of the Italian Regiment.
Men recruited in Italy.
All of this tells us that Cornelius is a leader of men.
He is a man with authority, accustomed to giving commands.
Not only that, from what I have studied, the Italian Regiment was kind of like a 600 man special forces unit.
These were elite fighters.
So the picture we get of Cornelius is of a man you don’t mess with.
He’s a special forces captain who gets things done.
But that isn’t the complete picture.
READ v. 2.
Wow!
This hard core, special forces commando is also a devout follower of God.
In these verse we learn four important things about Cornelius.
He is devout.
This means he does his best to adhere to what God commands.
He fears God.
He has a proper reverence and respect for God.
He gives generously.
“Alms” – ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosynē) alms; charitable giving.
Alms n. — the act of contributing money or goods to the poor; especially as flowing from a disposition to kindness and compassion.
Noun (direct object), accusative, plural, feminine.
Alms – ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosynē)
His giving is directed towards those who are in need.
He is compassionate and kind.
He prays always.
This reveals something very significant.
This elite fighting man knows how to be dependent on the Lord.
He understands that true strength comes from having the right person fighting on your side!
Challenging thought.
Strength is not the ability to do it on your own.
Strength is the ability to admit your need and turn to Christ for help.
So now the picture is a little different.
This is a hard core military man who loves the Lord!
However, his knowledge is incomplete.
This is revealed as we discover…
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Cornelius’ commission vv.
3-6
READ v. 3
The ninth hour would have been 3pm.
So, this isn’t a dream.
It is a vision.
In the vision, the source of the commission is an angel.
The word “angel” means messenger.
That is exactly the role the angel fills here.
i.
The source v. 3
This angel is sent by God.
Cornelius, a military man, is about to receive an order from his commander.
The angel calls him by name.
This indicates the personal nature of the command as well as the love and care of our God.
He knows us all by name!
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