Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-13
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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL = Acts 15:
l-s5; Gal. 2:1-A. ,fila
PRIMARY ToPIC-God's Love fors rcv-.
eryhody
JUNIOR ToPIC-Peter wins4As Roman
Captain.
1SrEaAEnsAyE assyE5lAsI AN2 ES,SISI SENIOR rorlc
-IAe overcoming ot fre]uoice.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-signincance Of the Conversion of Cor
nelius. M h III hi
Tffe COM ersiopof Cornelius broke
down the 'nafddfe~wall Of partition
between the Jews and Gentiles-t tEph.
2:4). 49, ~ A, SI
I. Cornelius (vy. 1.2J1 W \
1. His official position ". ~. He
was a Roman officer over company
of 100 soldiers, perhaps Of about the
same rank as a captain inSthe Ameri-
can array.
2. His character ". p. ~ A~tle
Tout, pious man. His heart was hled
with godly fear. (2) He was a prsy-.
Ing man he observed the Jewish hour
of prayer. i3) He was charitable; he
gave much aims. az He wasTespeqtsI
ed rs. Iy MS Lo, sssss. 'tsss4nslia: for Il.
transition of the Gospel to the Cen
tilesobeci uss1af his slcharaetera and spO7
sition. No Jew. could find any fault
with fiiin. He Was a good man, but
not assavsd man. 4.sii1 s,.4. ~ ~
II. The Supernatural Preparation
Tor The Lransltissqf of thA Gpspsl +. thsi
GertiIes {vv. 3-3S).
Il TWo yisi61s wefe given. ~ Il, The
visionssef Cornelius s(yvs .S-s) u awhile
engaged in prayer an angel. Of. God
instructed him to send to Joppa for
Peter. wtH would teffT him what to
do. -.ssl Alas n tSla lsin taat Peter,
iodsFed With simon. "a asnpsr. j t.. show.
Cornelius that Peter was not the
strjctest Jew. The calling OF y tan
uer tasS -resafded ;As iuAclsan by the
strict JfwssSRna the tanners were conl-
manded to dwell apart. Cornelius sent
at once Ior re.er H "as nvins up
70 me sDesbnsn nsAne tiao' e'ae' feeo'seo
moseAoukz,uf 4 ~ ~ Sissloh oti ifesf. wv
e18). This took place while Peter
was praying ~. BY. or one wodld re-
ceive wisionss from God, let him pray
to God !. for the. Aeayepa are open to-
those VINO pray. He say Z cer.aln 'slp.
vessei containing clean ana unciesn ,iea
animaisillssssnows 1ren heaven, Uano
heard tne c2mmepdsi liifqqse' Petsr ]
Kill, and eat, reeer protesteq that
ne hnG never eaten any unc1ean thihg.
God repiea' Wnat Goo hath
cieansea cetl hed .. t9aq g.. ee!th.9non !t.9 niss
vessei let down from neeven ana TAX
en Dsck mufcaeeo thar ocrn. Jew any
Gentlie were acceDsa-an msn- slS''}
= Messergers from Ho{rsneenlus {s ele IVY,
l1T2). Peter was greatly perplexed
over wnat' ne mao seem out moi Tor
long Ior messengers from Cornellus
made inquiry st the, gate for him. The
spirit informed Peter q tne matter after
Anl Saue liiin so' nc.lins uouptins'
Q 1Ass i,san " anl ~. Sorhe,inS aAu re-
yer wv Ao,oo'. W refer toos siA
Witnesses aionk ". 1o,. ne h"u 'ne
sood shoshen. 10 know lnal On mat. mat.
yer " ~ sreat Importance ne mus.
naSe wNAs~ iras ptVveu sas
.ne serusalsm .., eoanc,' IN M .ne consider.
a.'on " 'ns ques.ion - tne Ieeepuon
oa ino ~ uen,iies 'n'o 'ne cnurcn VI -
iol. Nh HaspS,us Mslqhs TOT reter
~ ~. ne cs.lsu .oeetner ms kins-
men anu near , l.us, pn.. 70, oo.nenus or anl
apou' y wo.ssip e.el Nvy. ~ 1o,'
fe'er repuuia'eu .l'is acl 1nu protest.
man Of God &C not ON only dssss s but ss re-.
luses ts'pe wolsniped. - snpe. re-