January 20, 2018

Morning Meeting

• Scripture: Psalm 22:1-31
• Hymn 251 - Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour Thou
• Prayer
• Hymn 213 - On Calvary we’ve adoring stood
• Scripture: Matthew 27:35, 45, & 46
• Breaking of Bread
• Hymn 105 - Glory, glory everlasting
• Prayer

Children’s Meeting: Norman Burgess

Hymn 68 - Christ is the Saviour of sinners

Prayer

Though out Acts we’ve heard about the Gospel going out to the Jews; but the Gospel has to also go out to the Gentles. Gentiles are anybody who aren’t Jews. Most of the Old Testement is about Jews and their history. Back in the days of king Saul and David the Jews ruled their own country; but the Jews disobeyed God and God allowed them to get captured. Ever since then they hadn’t been free. They kept being tossed around by the doment power at the time. In the beginning of the New Testement that power is the Romans. You hear about the Romans’ power in the stories of the Gospels and Acts.

Acts 10:1 & 2

We start out this chapter with a Roman solider named Cornelius. He was a devote man that feared God. Now not all soldiers back then were good, but some were. In the Gospels you hear about the centurion who asked God to heal his son and the one at the cross who said “Truly this was the son of God”. I wonder if Cornelius heard about Jesus through the centurion who was at the cross.

Cornelius knew about God and respected Him yet he wasn’t saved. Later we will hear about his conversion. His conversion is also one of the last events that is recorded about Peter’s life. When he brings the Gospel to the Gentiles.