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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Peter and Cornelius [2] Bible Verse:Acts 10:9-16 "The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven. " Message:
The people referred to as “they” (in the first sentence) are Cornelius and his men, who are traveling to Joppa to see Peter. While they are en route, Peter goes up on the rooftop and has a vision, the weird sort of vision not often seen in the New Testament, outside Revelation.
A great sheet filled with all the animals of the earth is lowered by God himself, for Peter to eat. (This did not literally happen; Acts makes clear that it is a vision or dream, not an actual occurrence.) But there is a problem with Peter’s picnic — many of the animals of the earth are unclean and cannot be eaten by a Jew.
The coming of Cornelius and Peter’s mission are tied to this vision. Peter is being prepared for the conversion of the Gentiles. Just as eating certain animals is unclean to Jews, associating intimately with Gentiles is unclean. It was ingrained in Peter and had become such a strong habit, something that he practiced every hour of every day of his life, that he cannot overcome it. He had been raised as a good Jew, meaning that he had been taught that loving God meant not eating unclean animals or associating with unclean persons.
But God lets Peter know that things have changed. Pigs and shellfish are not forbidden to eat by nature, but by God’s command; and thus, God can command that they now be clean. Just so, God can revoke his rules about associating with Gentiles, and Peter will have to learn to accept this new rule if he is to accomplish his mission.
The four corners of the sheet clearly refer to the “four corners of the earth”, an expression that comes from the Bible. See Isaiah 11:7. Peter is to bring the Gospel to all people in every land on the earth. He will have to put aside his prejudices.
Meditation : Prayer : If you are with me, O God, who can be against me? For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus my Lord.......Amen |
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