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February 10 - What Really Lasts · Bible Chat Devotional

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  Welcome to Bible Chat where we have.
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  Devotional conversations rooted in Scripture and relevant for
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  today, February 10th. What?
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  Really. Lasts.
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  Think about how much energy we spend chasing things that.
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  Disappear so quickly. The next upgrade, the next win,
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  the next bit of attention or approval.
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  It feels urgent in the moment, like if you don't grab it now
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  you'll miss out, but then you finally get it and almost
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  immediately, something else. Takes its place.
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  The satisfaction fades and the chase.
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  Starts all. Over again Proverbs, chapter 10.
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  Verse 16 cuts through that cycle with clarity.
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  It tells us that the wage of the righteous leads to life.
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  But the gain of the. Wicked leads to.
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  Sin. Not everything that pays off in
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  the short term is actually paying off in the long run.
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  Some choices look rewarding. But they.
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  Quietly pull your. Heart away from.
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  God. Other choices?
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  May not impress. People, but they produce.
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  Real life on the inside. David understood this tension
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  deeply in Psalm chapter 17 verse 15, he says, As for me, I shall
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  behold your face in righteousness.
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  When I awake, I shall be. Satisfied.
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  With your likeness. That's a bold.
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  Statement David is saying that his deepest satisfaction doesn't
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  come from success, comfort, or recognition.
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  It comes from God himself, from seeing him, from becoming more
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  like him, from waking up each day knowing his life is aligned
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  with what truly matters. Then Acts chapter 10 brings
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  eternity fully into view. Peter is speaking boldly,
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  explaining that Jesus is the one appointed by God to judge the
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  living and the. Dead that truth.
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  Changes everything. If Jesus is the judge.
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  Then popularity isn't the final word.
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  Achievements aren't the final word.
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  Opinions aren't the final. Word he is.
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  And he doesn't measure life. The way the world does.
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  This doesn't mean the things of this world.
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  Are always bad. But it does mean they were never
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  meant to be your foundation. Money can't define you.
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  Success can't save you. Approval can't sustain you.
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  Only a life rooted in Christ lasts beyond the moment.
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  Living with eternity in mind doesn't make you disconnected
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  from daily. Life it actually.
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  Brings. Clarity to it it.
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  Helps you choose integrity when cutting corners.
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  Feels easier. It helps you value.
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  People over platforms, it helps you invest in what?
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  Builds your soul. Not just your image.
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  When you know what really lasts, you stop wasting your life on
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  what fades. God is inviting you to.
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  Lift your eyes to slow the. Chase to anchor your heart in
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  him. Because in the end.
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  What truly lasts? Isn't what you accumulated, but
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  who you became in Christ and how?
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  Faithfully you walked. With him let's.
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  Pray Heavenly Father. Thank you for reminding me that
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  real life and lasting joy are found in you alone.
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  Help me to loosen my grip on temporary things and fix my
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  heart on what is eternal. Teach me to seek your presence
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  above success approval. Or gain shape my choices so they
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  honor you and lead to. Life.
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  I want to be satisfied in you and live with eternity in mind
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  God in today's three-year Bible reading plan.
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  Proverbs. Chapter 10.
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  Verses 15 to 16. World English.
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  Bible the rich. Man's wealth is his strong city
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  the destruction of the. Poor is their.
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  Poverty. The labor.
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  Of the righteous leads to life the increase of the.
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  Wicked leads to sin, Psalm chapter 17 World English Bible.
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  A prayer by David. Hear Yahweh my.
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  Righteous plea give. Ear to my prayer that doesn't.
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  Go out of deceitful lips. Let my sentence come out of your
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  presence. Let your.
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  Eyes look on equity. You have proved my heart.
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  You have visited me in the night.
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  You have tried me and found nothing.
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  I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
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  As. For the deeds of men by the.
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  Word of your lips. I have kept myself from the ways
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  of the violent. My steps have held.
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  Fast to your. Paths my feet have not.
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  Slipped I have. Called on you for you will
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  answer me God, turn your ear to me hear my.
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  Speech show your. Marvelous, loving kindness.
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  You who save those who take refuge.
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  By your right hand from their enemies keep.
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  Me as the apple of your. Eye, hide me under the shadow of
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  your wings, from the wicked who oppressed me, my deadly enemies
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  who surround me. They close up their callous
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  hearts. With their mouth.
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  They speak proudly. They have now surrounded us in
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  our steps. They set their eyes to cast.
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  Us down to the earth. He is like a lion that is
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  greedy. Of his prey.
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  As it were, a young lion lurking in.
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  Secret places arise. Yahweh, confront him, cast him
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  down. Deliver my soul from the wicked.
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  By your sword. From men by your hand, Yahweh,
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  from men of the world, whose portion is in this.
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  Life, you fill the belly. Of your cherished ones, your
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  sons have plenty and they store up.
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  Wealth for their. Children, As for me, I shall see
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  your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I
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  awake with seeing your form. Acts chapter 10, World English
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  Bible. Now there was a certain man in
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  Caesarea Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the
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  Italian regiment, A devout man, and one who feared.
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  God with all. His house.
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  Who gave gifts? For the needy, generously to the
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  people and always. Prayed to God.
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  At about the 9th hour. Of the day.
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  He clearly saw in a vision an Angel of God coming to him and
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  saying to him, Cornelius, he fastening his eyes on him and
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  being frightened, said. What is it, Lord?
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  He said. To him, your prayers and your
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  gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial.
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  Before God. Now send men to Joppa and get
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  Simon, who is also. Called Peter.
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  He is staying with a Tanner named Simon, whose house?
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  Is by the seaside. When the Angel who spoke to him
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  had departed Cornelius. Called two of his.
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  Household servants and a devout. Soldier of those who waited.
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  On him continually having explained everything to them, he
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  sent them to Joppa. Now on the next day, as they
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  were on their journey and got close to the city, Peter went up
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  on the housetop to pray. At about noon he became hungry
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  and desired to eat, but while they were preparing he fell into
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  a trance. He saw heaven opened and a
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  certain container descending to him.
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  Like a great. Sheet let down by four corners
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  on the earth, in which were all kinds of four footed animals of
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  the earth, wild animals, reptiles and birds.
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  Of the sky. A voice came to him.
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  Rise, Peter. Kill and eat.
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  But Peter said. Not so, Lord, for I have never
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  eaten anything that is common or unclean.
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  A voice came to him again the second time.
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  What God has cleansed you must not call unclean.
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  This was done three times, and immediately the thing was
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  received up into heaven. Now while.
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  Peter was very. Perplexed in himself what the
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  vision which he had seen might mean.
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  Behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry
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  for Simon's house, stood. Before the gate.
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  And called and asked whether Simon.
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  Who is also called Peter. Was lodging there.
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  While Peter. Was pondering the vision.
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  The Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek you.
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  But arise get. Down and go with them, doubting
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  nothing, for I have sent them. Peter went down to the men and
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  said, Behold, I am he whom you seek, why have you come?
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  They said Cornelius, a centurion, A righteous man and
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  one who fears God and well spoken of by all the nation of
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  the. Jews was directed.
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  By a holy Angel to invite you to his house and to listen to what
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  you. Say so he.
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  Called them in and provided. A place to stay.
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  On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of
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  the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
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  On the next day they entered into Caesarea.
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  Cornelius was waiting for them, having called.
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  Together his relatives. And his near friends.
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  When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet,
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  and worshipped him. But Peter raised him up, saying,
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  Stand up, I myself am also a man.
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  As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered
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  together. He said to them, You yourselves
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  know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join
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  himself or come to one of another nation.
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  But God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or
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  unclean. Therefore I also.
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  Came without complaint when I was sent for.
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  I asked therefore, why did. You send for me, Cornelius.
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  Said four days ago I was. Fasting until this hour and at
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  the 9th hour I prayed in my house, and behold a man stood
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  before me in bright clothing and said, Cornelius, your.
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  Prayer is heard. And your gifts to the needy are
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  remembered in the sight. Of God send therefore.
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  To Joppa and summon Simon. Who is also called Peter.
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  He is staying in the House of a Tanner named Simon.
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  By the seaside. When he comes, he will speak.
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  To you. Therefore I sent to you at once,
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  and it was good of you to come now.
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  Therefore we are all here present.
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  In the sight of God to. Hear all things that have been
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  commanded. You by God.
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  Peter opened his mouth and said. Truly, I perceive.
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  That God doesn't show favoritism, but in every nation
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  he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to
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  him. The word which he sent to the
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  children of Israel. Preaching good news of peace by
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  Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all.
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  You yourselves know what happened.
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  Which was proclaimed. Throughout all Judea, beginning
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  from Galilee after the baptism which John preached, how God
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  anointed Jesus of Nazareth. With the Holy Spirit.
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  And with power, who went about doing good and healing all.
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  Who were oppressed by the devil, for God was.
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  With him we are witnesses of everything he did, both in the
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  country of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they also
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  killed. Hanging him on a tree, God
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  raised him up the third day and gave him.
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  To be revealed. Not to all.
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  The people. But to witnesses who were chosen
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  before. By God to us who?
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  Ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead, he
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  commanded. Us to preach to the people.
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  And to testify. That this is he.
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  Who is appointed? By God as the Judge.
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  Of the living and the dead, all the.
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  Prophets testify about. Him that through his name,
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  everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.
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  While Peter was still. Speaking these.
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  Words, the holy. Spirit fell on all.
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  Those who heard the word they of the.
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  Circumcision, who believed were amazed as many as came with.
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  Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured.
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  Out on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in other
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  languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, Can anyone
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  forbid these people from being? Baptized with water, they have
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  received the Holy Spirit just like us.
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  He commanded them to be baptized in the name.
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  Of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some
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  days. Thanks for joining us on Bible
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