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sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that
is in Me.”
Acts 26:18
. The angel that appeared to Ananias, had said
of Paul, “He is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.”
Acts 9:15
. And Paul
himself, later in his Christian experience, while praying in the temple
at Jerusalem, had been visited by an angel from heaven, who bade
him, “Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.”
Acts
22:21
.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 159
.
Cornelius and Peter
The same Holy Watcher who said of Abraham, “I know him,” knew
Cornelius also, and sent a message direct from heaven to him.—
The
Acts of the Apostles, 133
.
The angel appeared to Cornelius while he was at prayer. As the
centurion heard himself addressed by name, he was afraid, yet he
knew that the messenger had come from God, and he said, “What is it,
Lord?”—
The Acts of the Apostles, 133
.
“Send men for one Simon, whose surname is Peter, who lives with
one Simon a tanner. And he told him the very place where Simon the
tanner lived. Then the angel of the Lord went to Peter, and prepared
his mind for the reception of the men.—
The Ellen G. White 1888
Materials, 1746
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Cornelius was gladly obedient to the vision. When the angel had
gone, he called “two of his household servants, and a devout soldier
of them that waited on him continually; and when he had declared all
these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.” ... The angel was not
commissioned to tell Cornelius the story of the cross. A man subject
even as the centurion himself to human frailties and temptations was
to tell him of the crucified and risen Saviour. In His wisdom the Lord
brings those who are seeking for truth into touch with fellow beings
who know the truth.—
The Review and Herald, April 6, 1911
.
Immediately after the interview with Cornelius, the angel went to
Peter, who, at the time, was praying upon the housetop of his lodging
in Joppa.—
The Review and Herald, April 13, 1911
.
It was with reluctance at every step that Peter undertook the duty
laid upon him by divine command. When relating his experience, he
does not defend his action on general principles, but as an exception,