Peter Meets Cornelius

Northwest Bible Church - March 24, 2019 - Book of Acts - Alan Conner

Acts 10:1-33

Peter Meets Cornelius

Intro

A. THE VISION OF CORNELIUS (Acts 10:1-8).

1. The city of Caesarea (Acts 10:1).

2. Cornelius, the man (Acts 10:1-2).

3. Angelic vision (Acts 10:3-8).

B. THE VISION OF PETER (Acts 10:9-17a).

1. Peter in in Joppa.

2. Peter’s mindset.

3. Peter’s trance (10-17a).

a. Coming down from the sky -

b. “four corners” -

c. All kinds of animals, reptiles and birds both clean and unclean -

d. “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” -

e. “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean” -

f. “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy” -

4. Three-fold repetition -

5. Peter’s perplexity (Acts 10:17).

C. THE VISIT OF THE GENTILES (Acts 10:17-23).

1. “Accompany them without misgivings for I have sent them Myself” (Acts 10:19-20).

2. Hospitality to Gentiles (Acts 10:23).

D. PETER MEETS CORNELIUS (Acts 10:23-33).

1. 6 witnesses go with Peter, (Acts 10:23, cf. Acts 11:12).

2. Cornelius’ welcome (Acts 10:24-27).

3. Peter’s initial words (Acts 10:28-29).

4. Cornelius recounts his vision to Peter (Acts 10:30-33).

Conclusion

Alan Conner

Alan Conner was born and raised in Duncan, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he earned a B.A. degree. During his college years he came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and embraced the reformed doctrines of salvation. He then attended Dallas Theological Seminary and graduated in 1979 with a Th.M. degree. After seminary, in 1980, he married his wife Patti and they have been blessed with two children. Alan was involved in church planting ministries from 1980-88 and then was one of the founding elders for Northwest Bible Church in the fall of 1988.