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The Visitation Series
Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Mar 28, 2025 (message contributor)
Summary: The Visitation
Acts 10:1-8 The Visitation
The Man
His Place - 1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius,
His Position - a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
His Piety - 2 A devout man,
His Purity - and one that feared God with all his house,
His Philanthropy - which gave much alms to the people,
His Priority - and prayed to God alway.
Rom 12:12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer;
The Manifestation
It's Type - 3 He saw in a vision
It's Time - evidently about the ninth hour of the day (3pm)
It's Terror - an angel of God coming in to him,
It's Truth - and saying unto him, Cornelius.
He was addressed - Divinely, Directly, Distinctly, and Deliberately.
The Meaning
The Focus - 4 And when he looked on him,
The Fear - he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord?
The Find - And he said unto him,
The Favour -
Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
God is Not - Dead, Deaf, Dumb, Disabled, Distant, Distracted,
Defeated, Discouraged or Disinterested.
He Is -
A Prayer Receiving God - Thy prayers,
A Perpetual Reviewing God - and thine alms
A Permanent Remembering God - are come up for a memorial
A Perfect Rewarding God - before God.
The Message
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon,
whose surname is Peter:
The Priority - 5 And now
The Place - send men to Joppa,
The Person - and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
The Precision - 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner,
whose house is by the sea side:
The Purpose - he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
The Mission
The Removal of the Messenger -
7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed,
The Response to the Message -
he called two of his household servants,
The Respect for the Mission -
and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually
The Report on the Meaning -
8 And when he had declared all these things unto them,
A Full, Free, Faithful, and Frank Report.
The Resolve in the Manner - he sent them to Joppa.