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2. Salvation for All Believing and Forgiveness By Richard Mario Procida, Esq 3. Acts 10: 34-4334Then Peter began to speak to them: I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 36You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christhe is Lord of all. 37That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; 40but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 41not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. 43All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. 4. 1Timothy 2:3-4 This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5. Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. 6. Acts 10:11-16 11 He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners. 12 In it were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 Then he heard a voice saying, Get up, Peter; kill and eat. 14 But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean. 15 The voice said to him again, a second time, What God has made clean, you must not call profane. 16 This happened three times, and the thing was suddenly taken up to heaven. 7. Acts 10: 1-8 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called.2 He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God. 3 One afternoon at about three oclock he had a vision in which he clearly saw an angel of God coming in and saying to him, Cornelius. 4 He stared at him in terror and said, What is it, Lord? He answered, Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is called Peter; 6 he is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. 7 When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his slaves and a devout soldier from the ranks of those who served him, 8 and after telling them everything, he sent them to Joppa. 8. Deuteronomy 21:22-23 22 When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death and is executed, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his corpse must not remain all night upon the tree; you shall bury him that same day, for anyone hung on a tree is under Gods curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you for possession. 9. Marcus J. Borg Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power - And How They Can Be Restored (Harper Collins, 2011) 10. JoHannah Reardon What Does It Mean to Fear God (Christianity Today Posted February 19, 2013) 11. Exodus 1:17 But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but the let the boys live. 12. Exodus 18:21 You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain. . . . 13. Leviticus 19:14 You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. 14. Leviticus 19:32 You shall rise before the aged, and defer to the old; you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. 15. Matthew 10:28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 16. Walter Wink Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Fortress Press,1991) 17. DEUTERONOMY 21:23 anyone hung on a tree is under Gods curse. 18. Exodus 14:30, 15:2 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Then Moses and the Israelites sang: The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation. . . . 19. Marcus J. Borg Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power - And How They Can Be Restored (Harper Collins, 2011) 20. Reflection