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16 hours ago by mentorleaders Acts 10:30-33: “And Cornelius said, ‘Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing and said, “Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.” So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefor we are all here in the presence of God to hear…
3 days ago by mentorleaders Acts 10:24-27: “And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshipped him. But Peter lifted him up, saying, ‘Stand up; I too am a man.’ And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered.” Cornelius feared God and tried to live right, but he still had some misconceptions. He was so awestruck that he thought he should worship Peter when he arrived. Believers are still tempted to worship their…
4 days ago by mentorleaders Acts 10:21-23: “And Peter went down to the men and said, ‘I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for your coming?’ And they said, ‘Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.’ So he invited them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.” Did Peter…
5 days ago by mentorleaders Acts 10:17-20: “Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there. And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, ‘Behold, three men are looking for you. Rise and go down and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them.’” Although God’s message to Peter may seem obvious now, but at the time he saw the…
6 days ago by mentorleaders Acts 10:13-16: “And there came a voice to him: ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ But Peter said, ‘By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.’ And the voice came to him again a second time, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’ This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.” Peter seemed to have a habit of telling Christ, “No,” when he saw things only on the surface. Remember when Jesus told him he would deny him three times before morning? Peter was often a…
1 week ago by mentorleaders Acts 10:1-4: “At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, ‘Cornelius.’ And he stared at him in terror and said, ‘What is it, Lord?’ And he said to him, ‘Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.’” This begins a story that…
2 weeks ago by mentorleaders Acts 9:32-35: “Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, ‘Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.’ And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.” When the young church experienced times of peace, the disciples went to work. There are those who define peace as a time of comfort and leisure. God shows…
2 weeks ago by mentorleaders Acts 9:31: “So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.” It appears that Saul of Tarsus was the primary catalyst for the persecution of the church in his time. His zeal and passion aroused such a fervor that people wanted to kill him for changing his mind. But when he retreated to Tarsus, the wind went out of the sails of the persecutors. The church spread far and wide because the believers were…
2 weeks ago by mentorleaders Acts 9:29-30: “And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him. And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.” Saul was a powerful individual. He knew how to communicate, and he was an expert on the Scriptures. He was hand picked by Christ, and he had the Holy Spirit guiding him. But he still had to flee plots against his life, first in Damascus, then in Jerusalem. Why is that? The Lord will take care of all of your physical needs when you give…
2 weeks ago by mentorleaders Acts 9:26-28: “And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.” Saul’s road was not an easy one. Almost no one…
3 weeks ago by mentorleaders Acts 9:17-19: “So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.’ And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; and taking food, he was strengthened. For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.” What was it like when the scales of unbelief fell from your eyes? How…
3 weeks ago by mentorleaders Acts 9:13-14: “But Ananias answered, ‘Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.’” Ananias does not doubt that he is speaking with Christ Himself. Even if this is his first experience with a divine Vision, he readily accepts that he has heard from Messiah directly. But he reveals an aspect of his faith that we all struggle with from time to time. Ananias is not sure whether God’s divine authority will…