Endings and Beginnings: The Beginning of Unity in the Church, Part 1

When you pray, do you make time to listen for God to respond? We spend a lot of time asking God for things, including asking Him His will, but how often do we spend prayer time listening for His voice?

Pastor Joe introduces us to Cornelius, a Roman centurion, and a God-fearing man who was known to follow the Jewish beliefs. He was visited by an angel of God and instructed to send for Simon Peter, the apostle. The next day, God visited Peter as he was praying and did something drastic – He told Peter to kill and eat animals that were against the law for Jews to eat. When Peter balked, God said “What I have called clean, do not call unclean.”

Two separate encounters over 30 miles apart. Two men, a Gentile and a Jew. What could God have in mind by bringing these two together?