Upon his return to Jerusalem, Peter faced controversy by the other apostles when they heard he had socialized and preached the gospel to Gentiles in Caesarea. The apostles felt God’s promise of salvation was reserved to Jews, the chosen seed of Abraham. However, it was revealed to Peter that by God’s grace, all those who […]
Peter answered the call of the Lord by traveling to Caesarea where he preached the gospel to a group of Gentiles, onto whom, by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit fell. Following this miraculous spiritual rebirth, Peter baptized the new believers in water, in the name of the Lord Jesus, the risen Christ. “Now […]
While he was staying in Joppa with Simon the tanner, Peter had a vision brought on by the Lord about the new covenant. IN the vision, the Lord instructed the apostle to “kill and eat” and that all flesh was to be considered good, and holy. After traveling along the Mediterranean Sea from Joppa to […]
On a mission he received from the Lord in a vision, Peter traveled from Joppa, where he was staying with Simon the tanner, to Caesarea, a Roman capital along the Mediterranean Sea. When the apostle arrived, he was greeted by Cornelius, the Roman centurion who had sent out for Peter a few days earlier, after […]
Peter had been staying with Simon, the tanner, in Joppa when he received a message from God in a vision, that he should no longer separate that which was considered common and uncommon, or clean and unclean according to Jewish tradition. As the same time, a delegation of men had been sent from Caesarea by […]
While the apostle Peter was in Joppa, staying with Simon, the tanner, he had a vision brought on by the Lord. In the vision, Jesus reminded Peter of the creatures He created, that all were deemed clean and good to eat. The vision also applied to men, in a manner that would become clear to […]
A servant of the Lord, Cornelius was a Roman army officer stationed in Caesarea, a Roman capital located about 100 miles from Jerusalem. He was visited by an angel and instructed to send out a delegation to Joppa, where his men would find and receive further instruction from Peter, who was staying with a tanner […]
For a time, and following miracles he performed to further the kingdom of God, Peter had been serving the Lord in Joppa, preaching the gospel and sharing the truth about the life, death and resurrection of Christ. Joppa was a seaport city located along the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 50 miles west of Jerusalem. “1 There […]
Fulfilling God’s plan for the church, Peter performed miraculous healing notably in Lydda, a town south east Joppa, along the Mediterranean sea coast. Because miracles held a powerful viral aspect during an age when word of mouth was the main vehicle for information, God used the apostles to showcase His divine power throughout Judea and […]
Because he caused quite a lot of turmoil among the church, and stirred Jews up to harmful levels, Saul was sent out to Tarsus, his place of birth, to further his ministry by preaching the gospel and sharing the truth about the resurrected Christ. “31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had […]