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SUNlMSQDO0L,
LESSON
tBy r o. SELLERS. Acting Director of
Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago)
copyright. 1915. Western Newspaper Union) }
LESSON FOR APRIL IS
PETER AND CORNELIUS.

PETER AND CORNELIUS.
LESSON TExT-Acts 1OI-23
GOLDEN TEXT-There Is no distinc-
| tion between Jew and Greek: for the
! same Lord is Lord Of all. and is rich unto
| sll that call upon him.-Rom. 1912.
Thus far Christianity had to do with
Jews and Jewish proselytes only. Now
its circle begins to widen 80 a. to in
clude the Gentiles. The central flg-
ure of this lesson, Cornelius. was .
captain commanding one hundred men
In the Roman army. The chasni be-
tween blacks and whites, which SO
widely exists in America. is nothing
compared to that which divided the
Jew and Gentle. We take the whole
story OF Cornelius in today's lesson
and consider the Easter story next
week.
1. A Prepared Convert Tvs. 1-8). (D
His position. Caesarea was on the
great sea and was the political capital
Of Judea. II vas about seventy miles
from Jerusalem and thirty from Joppa
Cornelius, who was captain of band
OF men born in Italy. was q Roman
citizen, and perhaps had been connect
ed with the great Roman general
Scipio. (2) His character. He was q
man Of promptness. appreciation and
obedience. ". 33). He was also .
God-fearing man. whose piety included
his whole household. He was q man
OF prayer and generosity Tvs. 81, 32),
for he gave much aims to both Jews
and Gentiles. The result was that he
was honored greatly by all. especially
by the Jews. 1t does not seem that
Cornelius was proselyte to the Jewish
faith Tvs. 28.11:3). and he certainly
was not a. yet . saved man (11:13,
~. Cornelius was Q man of q vision.
not Of dreams or Of frances. for this
vision came in the open daylight ".
30). when an angel. looking like q man.
appeared unto him. His fear was
calmed and he was informed that his
prayer for he was . seeker after
God," had been heard. The memorial"
". ~ spoken Of was that part OF the
meal Offering which the priest burned
upon the altar and which ascended un-
to the Lord a. . sweet SAVIOR (See
also NAL. 3:16). Cornelius is put to
. strange test. He Is to send for an
unknown man to receive instruction.
The angel was not to enlighten him. az
It 10 mans province to witness for
God. There 10 not q recorded Bible
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strumentality. Cornelius. soldier that
he was. at once obeyed instructions
and sent out two devout retainers
after Peter. Man alone could finish
the work of the angels.
II. The Prepared Preacher Tvs. 9.23).
Tanning was considered an unclean
occupation. but in Simon's house was
the man God wanted to use on this
occasion. No matter how poor Z
| preacher, or unlikely the situation. II
We obey God we can preach better
than Gabriel. God laid, as It were. his
right hand on Cornelius. and his left
upon Peter. and drew them together
Again God uses . dream. linking the
natural and the supernatural. A hun
cry man dreams Of food. . very com
mon occurrence, and God gave super
| natural direction to q natural dream
/, God knows the right time to do the
| right thing. We do not need dreams
for our guidance 40 we have q full and
sufficient revelation In the Word fol
our guidance.
III. The Prsparsd Ones Meet Tvs
2S-33). Cornelius had his whole house
hold ready when Peter arrived ". 24)
perhaps more people than on the day
Of the hrst great Pentecost. He said
I'VE are oil here present in the sight
Of God to hear all the things that have
been commanded thee OF the Lord.
This II . great statement II We con
slider it, full content. Peter refused tC
accept worship, that alone belongs to
Christ (v. 26) and he explained how
God had thrust him outside Of the cir
Gle Of Jewish believers. He then re
hearsed what God had done and ~
serted that HE ID no respecter OF per
sons" and that In response to those
IN every nation who work righteous
ness God had sent forth Jesus for the
salvation Of men. ~ That men might
have peace through him ". S6); (2)
That he might be Lord over all: 81
That he had been anolnted With the
Holy Spirit and power: a. That hs
had been crucined Il Pet /: 10. 10:
$40: (6) That God had raised him
from the dead: (s) That he 10 to be
the judge. and (D That bscauss a
Whit he had through the name
q Jesus.-all that believe shall have
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