6.Why did God the Father select the house of Cornelius in Caesarea (Acts Chapter 10) to be the first Gentile house in Israel to receive the Gospel? The answer is given repeatedly in Acts 10.Acts 10:2 a devout man, (Cornelius) and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. Who were the people to whom Cornelius gave these alms? They were the JewsAgain is Acts 10:4 … thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.Again in Acts 10:31 … and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.The point is made three times in the same chapter. A godly Gentile who expressed his unconditional love for the Jewish people in a practical manner was divinely selected by heaven to be the first Gentile house to receive the Gospel and the first to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.These combined Scriptures verify that PROSPERITY (Genesis 12:3 and Psalm 122:6), HEALING (Luke 7:1-5) and the OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT came first to Gentiles that blessed the Jewish people and the nation of Israel in a practical manner.
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