Sermon:
A. Peter being led by the Spirit of God.
1. The Spirit’s command to Peter:
a. Go with the people looking for you.
b. Doubt nothing.
c. Why? Trust Me.
B. Peter in Caesarea.
1. Peter, along with some fellow Jewish Christians (23) arrive at the home of
Cornelius in Caesarea.
a. Cornelius reveals some pagan influences in his life that were still relevant
to him.
1. He bowed at the feet of Peter and worshiped him.
2. Why? He assigned to Peter a divine status because the command to
summon Peter was given to him by a holy angel.
b. Peter quickly corrects Cornelius.
C. Peter reveals how he sees himself and the attitude of a slave of Jesus Christ.
1. He still saw himself as a Jew.
a. He did not clearly understand the implications of being a believer in Jesus
Christ.
b. He did not yet understand the scope of the death, burial, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1. Jews and Gentiles have the same dead spiritual condition.
2. There is only one way for both to be transformed from their common
spiritual condition.
2. Peter was receptive to the leading of God’s Spirit,
a. Peter: Why am I here?
b. Cornelius: To tell us what God has commanded you to tell us.