To eat or not to eat?

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1 To eat or not to eat? In Caesarea, lived a centurion, a Roman officer, by the name of Cornelius. Cornelius and his family believed in God, and generously helped the poor. One day an angel appears to him saying, God has heard your prayers and has seen all that you have done to help the poor. Send some men to Joppa and ask for Simon Peter to come see you. Cornelius was very surprised, but obeyed the angel s command and sent men to Joppa. Later, when the men were on their way to the house where Peter was staying, Peter had gone to the top of the house for prayer. After praying for awhile he had become hungry. While waiting for the food to be ready in the house, Peter saw a vision from heaven. A large sheet was being lowered by its four corners containing many different kinds of wild animals, and a voice told him, Get up, kill and eat. Peter refused saying that as a Jew he could not eat unclean food. But the voice explained to him that what God had sanctified was now clean. Up until this time the disciples had been sharing the Gospel with the Jewish people only. Through this vision, God was showing Peter that the good news of the Gospel was for everybody. What a strange vision, but a very important change in the growing young Church. God used this vision to prepare Peter for sharing the Gospel with Cornelius and his family. You can read this exciting story in Acts chapter 10.

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4 To eat or not to eat? In Caesarea, lived a centurion, a Roman officer, by the name of Cornelius. Cornelius and his family believed in God, and generously helped the poor. One day an angel appears to him saying, God has heard your prayers and has seen all that you have done to help the poor. Send some men to Joppa and ask for Simon Peter to come see you. Cornelius was very surprised, but obeyed the angel s command and sent men to Joppa. Later, when the men were on their way to the house where Peter was staying, Peter had gone to the top of the house for prayer. After praying for awhile he had become hungry. While waiting for the food to be ready in the house, Peter saw a vision from heaven. A large sheet was being lowered by its four corners containing many different kinds of wild animals, and a voice told him, Get up, kill and eat. Peter refused saying that as a Jew he could not eat unclean food. But the voice explained to him that what God had sanctified was now clean. Up until this time the disciples had been sharing the Gospel with the Jewish people only. Through this vision, God was showing Peter that the good news of the Gospel was for everybody. What a strange vision, but a very important change in the growing young Church. God used this vision to prepare Peter for sharing the Gospel with Cornelius and his family. You can read this exciting story in Acts chapter 10.

5 Illustrations by Didier Martin - Copyright 2014 by Didier Martin Permission granted to print for personal use only. Distribution is prohibited.

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7 To eat or not to eat? In Caesarea, lived a centurion, a Roman officer, by the name of Cornelius. Cornelius and his family believed in God, and generously helped the poor. One day an angel appears to him saying, God has heard your prayers and has seen all that you have done to help the poor. Send some men to Joppa and ask for Simon Peter to come see you. Cornelius was very surprised, but obeyed the angel s command and sent men to Joppa. Later, when the men were on their way to the house where Peter was staying, Peter had gone to the top of the house for prayer. After praying for awhile he had become hungry. While waiting for the food to be ready in the house, Peter saw a vision from heaven. A large sheet was being lowered by its four corners containing many different kinds of wild animals, and a voice told him, Get up, kill and eat. Peter refused saying that as a Jew he could not eat unclean food. But the voice explained to him that what God had sanctified was now clean. Up until this time the disciples had been sharing the Gospel with the Jewish people only. Through this vision, God was showing Peter that the good news of the Gospel was for everybody. What a strange vision, but a very important change in the growing young Church. God used this vision to prepare Peter for sharing the Gospel with Cornelius and his family. You can read this exciting story in Acts chapter 10.

8 To eat or not to eat? In Caesarea, lived a centurion, a Roman officer, by the name of Cornelius. Cornelius and his family believed in God, and generously helped the poor. One day an angel appears to him saying, God has heard your prayers and has seen all that you have done to help the poor. Send some men to Joppa and ask for Simon Peter to come see you. Cornelius was very surprised, but obeyed the angel s command and sent men to Joppa. Later, when the men were on their way to the house where Peter was staying, Peter had gone to the top of the house for prayer. After praying for awhile he had become hungry. While waiting for the food to be ready in the house, Peter saw a vision from heaven. A large sheet was being lowered by its four corners containing many different kinds of wild animals, and a voice told him, Get up, kill and eat. Peter refused saying that as a Jew he could not eat unclean food. But the voice explained to him that what God had sanctified was now clean. Up until this time the disciples had been sharing the Gospel with the Jewish people only. Through this vision, God was showing Peter that the good news of the Gospel was for everybody. What a strange vision, but a very important change in the growing young Church. God used this vision to prepare Peter for sharing the Gospel with Cornelius and his family. You can read this exciting story in Acts chapter 10.