• Acts 10
  • I John 3:22; John 9:31 – God answers prayers of the faithful.
  • Acts 10:4 – Cornelius evidently had a right relationship with God. How was that so? Because he lived righteously under God’s law at the time.
  • Romans 1:26-32 – These were not acceptable to God because they did not respect God’s law. These were all things Cornelius did not do. He respected God’s law.
  • If Cornelius was already acceptable to God, why did he need Peter to come teach him?
    • The same question would apply to God-fearing Jews of the time.
    • Acts 1:8
    • Hebrews 13:10
    • It was a question of God’s timetable. Jews and Gentiles of that time had to hear and respond to the gospel to continue to be acceptable to God. Rejected the gospel would have meant they were no longer in a right relationship with God.