Exceedingly Growing Faith ! ! !

EXCEEDINGLY GROWING FAITH : "Now [living] at Caesarea there was a man whose name was Cornelius, a centurion (captain) of what was known as the ltalian Regiment, A devout man who venerated God and treated Him with reverential obedience, as did all his household; and he gave much alms to the people and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour (about 3:00 p.m.) of the day he saw clearly in aviation an angel of God entering and saying to him, Cornelius. And he, gazing intently at him, became frightened and said, what is it, Lord ? And the angel said to him, Your prayers and your [generous] gives to the poor have come up [as a sacrifice to God and have been remembered by Him. (Acts of the apostles 10:1-4). And now send men to Joppa and have them call for an invite here a certain Simon whose surname is Peter; he is lodging with Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. When the angel who spoke to him had left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier from among his own personal attendants. And having rehearsed everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. The next day as they were still on their way and were approaching the town, Peter went up to the roof of the house to pray, about the six hour (12 noon). But he became very hungry, and wanted something to eat; and while the meal was being prepared a trance came over him, and he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth. It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him saying, Rise up, Peter, kill and eat. But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. And the voice came to him again a second time, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding and calling common and unhallowed or unclean. This occurred three times; then immediately the seat was taken up to heaven. Now Peter was still inwardly perplexed and doubted as to what the vision which he had seen could mean, when [just then] behold the messengers that were sent by Cornelius, who had made inquiry for Simon's house, stopped and stood before the gate. And they called out to inquire whether Simon who was surnamed Peter was staying there. And while Peter was earnestly revolving division in his mind and meditating on it, the [Holy Spirit said to him, Behold, three men are looking for you ! Get up and go below and accompany them without any doubt [about its legality] or any discrimination or hesitation, for I have sent them. Then Peter went down to the men and said, I am the man you seek; what is the purpose of your coming ?" And they said, Cornelius, a centurion [captain] who is just an upright and in right standing with God, being God-fearing and obedient and well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house; and he has received in answer [to prayer] A Warning to Listen To and Act upon What You Have To Say." The amplified Bible.