God taught Peter that he should not look down on Gentiles, but that Jesus came to all men.

1. Pure Heart will be
Leading worship
Sunday morning at
11:00 Concert Sunday night
February 12 at 7:00 PM
www.rossvillechurch.com
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741 1

2. Acts 10 Cornelius was a
Roman Centurion
An angel came to
Cornelius from God.
Cornelius sought God, and
God found Him.
All who seek the True God
will find Him.
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3. 7-8 And when the angel which
spake unto Cornelius was
departed, he called two of his
household servants, and a
devout soldier of them that
waited on him continually;
And when he had declared Acts 10 2 A devout man,
and one that feared God
all these things unto them, he
with all his house,
sent them to Joppa. which gave much alms
to the people, and
prayed to God always.
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4. Even his servants and military aides followed his
example in fearing and serving the true God.
It speaks well of a man when those closest to him
admire him and follow his example.
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5. Cornelius sent
these three men to
find Peter
33 miles south
along the coast.
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6. 9-10On the morrow, as
they went on their jour-
ney, and drew nigh unto
the city, Peter went up
upon the housetop to pray
about the sixth hour (noon):
And he became very hun-
gry, and would have
eaten: but while they
made ready, he fell into a
trance, (spiritual dream)
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7. 11-13 And saw Heaven opened,
and a certain vessel
descending unto him, as it
had been a great sheet knit at
the four corners, and let down
to the earth: wherein were all
manner of four-footed beasts
of the earth, and wild beasts,
and creeping things, and
fowls of the air. And there
came a Voice to him, Rise,
Peter; kill, and eat.
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8. 14-16But Peter said, Not so,
Lord; for I have never eaten
anything that is common or
unclean. And the Voice
spake unto him again the
second time, What God
hath cleansed, that call not
thou common. This was
Three times
done thrice: and the vessel
was received up again into
Heaven.
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9. 17-18 Nowwhile Peter doubted in himself (he was
confused and perplexed) what this vision which he
had seen should mean, behold, the men which were
sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's
house, and stood before the gate, and called, and
asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter,
were lodged there.
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10. 19-20 While Peter thought on the
vision, the Spirit said unto him,
Behold, three men seek thee.
Arise therefore, and get thee
down, and go with them,
doubting nothing: for I have
sent them.
The Hand of God is moving to
bring salvation to one sincere
man seeking God, and to the
Gentiles as a people.
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11. If Peter thought that he knew
anything, it was that Jews
were God's chosen, and
everyone else was rejected.
Is it any wonder that he was
perplexed?
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12. Sometimes we must turn loose of old opinions and
open ourselves to new ideas.
I'm not talking about
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13. Just because Grandma did
things a certain way,
Doesn't mean we always
must do things that way.
Let's be open to any way that God chooses to
move our church and our lives.
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