My last two posts, Intensity at Easter and Satisfaction at Easter, were taken from Acts 10 and 11. The time frame and the place of Acts 10 and 11 were definitely months after the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and for the most part took place in Caesarea on the coast of the Mediterranean. Only the questioning of Peter by the apostles and brethren took place in Jerusalem. So why did I link these chapters and this story to ‘Easter’? My thoughts were not based on the passion week as it is called nor the bodily resurrecting by God the Father of Jesus from the dead. They were rather the results which made that day in Caesarea possible. The angel told Cornelius that Peter would tell them what he should do. Peter in relating what the angel told Cornelius said that ‘he will tell you words’ that they would be saved. Cornelius had no clue what ‘saved’ was, but as one who was devout, feared God with all his house, did many good deeds for the needs of the people, and prayed always he understood what it meant that ‘he will tell you what you should do’. That was sufficient. Peter looking back could speak in terms the apostles and brethren understood when he spoke of being saved. Even though the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for our sins to pay the penalty for our sins that if we believe we would not have to, that we would have given unto us repentence unto life, even though that had been months ago the results of the resurrection were evident that day and as powerful as the day Christ arose. Cornelius, family, and near friends who simply looked forward to hearing what they needed to do heard the Word of God, believed, the Holy Ghost came upon them the same as on the Jewish believers at the beginning. These are the same results as we have today. As Peter said of Jesus, To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. These are the same results of the resurrection today.

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