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Lesson 4 · October 22, 1892

Peter at Cæsarea.—Acts 10:30-48

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(Memory Verses, 39-43.)

Golden Text.—"Through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins." .

  1. 1.Tell how God prepared Peter to go to the house of Cornelius.
  2. 2.How did Cornelius come to send for Peter? .
  3. 3.In what excellent condition to receive the truth was Cornelius and his friends? , last part.
  4. 4.With what words did Peter begin his discourse? .
  5. 5.Was this a truth of recent origin? ; .
  6. 6.With what were Cornelius and his friends acquainted? .
  7. 7.What did Peter then recount? .
  8. 8.What had Christ's witnesses been commanded to preach? .
  9. 9.To what had all the prophets also given witness? .
  10. 10.Then was justification by faith a new thing in the days of Christ and his apostles? ; ; .
  11. 11.What took place while Peter was still speaking? .
  12. 12.What did the Spirit cause them to do? .
  13. 13.How did this manifestation affect Peter's brethren? .
  14. 14.What did Peter himself say? .
  15. 15.What was immediately done?
  16. 16.What did the pouring out of the Spirit on the Gentiles prove to the Jews? .
  17. 17.What ought they to have known from the Scriptures, without this demonstration? ; .

Notes

If anyone thinks that the Jews would certainly have known it if their Scriptures had taught that the Lord was as anxious for the salvation of other people as he was for the salvation of the Jews, let him remember how impossible it was for the disciples to grasp the idea that Christ was going to die, which was not only contained in the Scriptures, but was plainly and repeatedly declared to them by the Saviour in person. It needed this outpouring of the Spirit upon the Gentiles to convince the disciples that God is no respecter of persons. But God is always the same, therefore he was never any respecter of persons. So it was always true that "in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Peter's tardy recognition of the truth did not make it a new thing with God.

Bible texts in this lesson

Acts 10:43 · Acts 10:30-33 · Acts 10:33 · Acts 10:34 · Acts 10:35 · Genesis 12:3 · Jonah 3:10 · Acts 10:36-38 · Acts 10:39-41 · Acts 10:42 · Genesis 15:6 · Hebrews 4:2 · Galatians 3:8 · Acts 10:44 · Acts 10:46 · Acts 10:45 · Acts 10:47 · Acts 11:15-17

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