Today we are in Acts chapter 10, in the city of Caesarea. But to fully appreciate it, we have to go back and visit Joppa a little. Here’s our text, from Acts 10 verses 1 – 48. In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment….
We pick up where S3E4 left off – watching to see how the religious leaders will respond to Peter and John and the lame man. Will they accept and affirm that this is the work of God? The questions are for all of us too (especially the religious leaders among us): Will we set aside our insecurities and our defensiveness? Will we admit that we aren’t really in charge? Or will we grasp at our illusion of power? Will we reject this sign and try to silence them? (Acts 4.1-22)
