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Pure Heart will be

Leading worship this

Sunday morning at

11:00 Concert Sunday night

February 12 at 6:00 PM

www.rossvillechurch.com

781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741January 4, 2012

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Peter has come to the

home of Cornelius,

The Roman Centurion in

Caesarea,

At the direction of God's

Holy Spirit.

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30-31 And Cornelius said, Four

days ago I was fasting until

this hour; and at the ninth

hour I prayed in my

house, and, behold, a man

stood before me in bright

clothing, and

said, Cornelius, thy prayer is

heard, and thine alms are had

in remembrance in the sight

of God.

This is the second

time Luke has

recorded this;

It must be

important.

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Cornelius was a Roman Centurion, a Gentile.

But he prayed to the true God.

He was generous to God's people.

God sent an angel to him

to make certain that he

knew how to be saved.

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Cornelius had been fasting and praying all day,

and now it's three o'clock in the afternoon.

He had prepared his heart for

prayer with fasting.

Fasting is not just abstaining from food.

Fasting is a time alone with God:

Worshipping, meditating, submitting to the Holy

Spirit, seeking a closer fellowship with Him.

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32-33 Send therefore to Joppa, and call

hither Simon, whose surname is

Peter; he is lodged in the house of

one Simon a tanner by the sea side:

who, when he cometh, shall speak

unto thee. Immediately therefore I

sent to thee; and thou hast well done

that thou art come. Now therefore

are we all here present before

God, to hear all things that are

commanded thee of God.

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Cornelius was seeking God, and the Will of God.

God told him everything he needed to doto get his answer.

God will not hide His Will from us, when we

have a true heart's desire to know and do.

God will make certain that we know what we

need to know to serve Him faithfully.

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34-35 Then Peter opened his

mouth, and said, Of a Truth

I perceive that God is no

respecter of persons:

But in every nation he that

feareth Him, and worketh

righteousness, is accepted

with Him.

God gives everyone

the same opportunity

to know Him.

He gives to every person "the measure of faith"

to believe in Jesus unto salvation.

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Peter did not say that it was acceptable with God

for people to willfully live in sin.

35 But in every nation he that feareth Him, and

worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him.

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The invitation to come to God for salvation is

to whosoever will.

But when we come to God in the Name of Jesus,

He saves us from sin and from hell.

Family of God

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Acts 10:36-37 (Peter is preaching)

The Word which God sent unto

the children of Israel, preaching

peace by Jesus Christ: (He is

Lord of all:) That Word, I

say, ye know, which was

published throughout all

Judaea, and began from

Galilee, after the baptism which

John preached;

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We have every opportunity that Cornelius had,

and that Peter had.

Peter had the Word

made flesh.

Cornelius had the

Word preached.

We have that same

Word today.