{"id":1622,"date":"2019-06-04T05:08:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2019-06-04T05:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:08:36","slug":"devotion-acts-1023b-26-lesson-one-only-worship-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Acts 10:23b-26 Lesson One: Only Worship God"},"content":{"rendered":"
Acts 10:23b-26\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers\u00a0from Joppa went along.\u00a024\u00a0The following day he arrived in Caesarea.\u00a0Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.\u00a025\u00a0As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence.\u00a026\u00a0But Peter made him get up. \u201cStand up,\u201d he said, \u201cI am only a man myself.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers\u00a0from Joppa went along.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Six brothers travelled with Peter to the home of Cornelius (Acts 11:12<\/b>).\u00a0 Why the six went with him we are not told.\u00a0 It could be because they were travelling to Caesarea which was where the Roman army was based in Israel and they believed that Peter was in danger.\u00a0 To the Jew, they were entering enemy territory.\u00a0 Perhaps the six wanted to be with Peter to protect him?\u00a0 It would seem likely that Peter, while knowing the possible threat, was not afraid.\u00a0 It is very possible that the six felt an obligation to protect this blessed Apostle.\u00a0 We know from how Peter had acted since Pentecost that he was not terrified but more than willing to make the journey whatever the risk.\u00a0 But as brothers do, we love and protect each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe following day he arrived in Caesarea.\u00a0Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 Family, Cornelius was about to receive from God what he had most ardently prayed for, the knowledge of the identity of God and what God would have him do to be right with Him.\u00a0 It is an ageless question to mankind.\u00a0 Is there a God?\u00a0 Is so who is He and what does He want from us?\u00a0 Cornelius had received a message from God, through an angel, that God was going to give him answers.\u00a0 He was excited and had called together relatives and friends.\u00a0 He was going to receive some good news and he wanted everyone who would come to also hear and know it. That is how all who know the good news should feel about it.\u00a0 We should all want everyone we know to at least hear, and hopefully embrace, the Good News.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence.\u00a026\u00a0But Peter made him get up. \u201cStand up,\u201d he said, \u201cI am only a man myself.\u201d<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 It was the custom of the pagans of Rome, and of the pagan religions of the world, to fall at the feet and worship someone deemed to be of God.\u00a0 Cornelius was doing as he had been raised to do.\u00a0 He fell to his knees to pay homage to Peter.\u00a0 If Peter had a ring he would have kissed it.\u00a0 It was and is today a pagan way of paying respect to those considered godly.\u00a0 However, Peter was quick to stand him up and to tell him to not kneel at his feet.\u00a0 He told Cornelius that he too was only a man.\u00a0 Peter knew that we are to worship God only, not his messengers, even if the messenger is a mighty and brilliantly shining angel (Revelation 19:10, 22:8-9<\/b>).\u00a0 Any man holding any position who receives worship that only belongs to God does so wrongly.\u00a0 Any man that would dip into the bowl of worship that belongs only to God is committing a grave sin.\u00a0 No man should receive the worship that belongs only to God.\u00a0 If any person, whether a person on radio or television, or a person holding a high position, accepts the worship that belongs to God, we must run away from such a person.\u00a0 Or lovingly correct them, if they are humble and will receive correction.\u00a0 We kneel only before God and we only worship Him.<\/p>\n

This Roman knelt before Peter in acknowledgement of him as a man of God.\u00a0 He should not have done so, but he did it in ignorance with a right heart.\u00a0 It is right to believe that he did it to honor Peter the man of God, but ultimately as a way to honor God who sent Peter.\u00a0 So the practice was wrong but Cornelius had long shown a good heart.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be gracious, kind and loving to the uniformed and the informed.\u00a0 Let\u2019s love each other.\u00a0 Let us not be proud.\u00a0 It is easy to lift someone up from their physical knees while wholly accepting and desiring people to be on their spiritual knees before us.\u00a0 God forbid!\u00a0 We are all only servants of God.\u00a0 Only to God does all the worship belong.\u00a0 To Him, and Him alone!\u00a0 Praise God for all the good things He has done for us.\u00a0 Worship God because of who He is. He is God and there is no other!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acts 10:23b-26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers\u00a0from Joppa went along.\u00a024\u00a0The following day he arrived in Caesarea.\u00a0Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.\u00a025\u00a0As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence.\u00a026\u00a0But Peter made him get up. \u201cStand…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,94,17,711],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-micah","tag-psalm","tag-revelation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1623,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions\/1623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}