Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
Romans 10:14 "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and
how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:15 "And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Romans 10:16 "But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Now in Captian Cornelius case baptism came after, but completed his regeneration, just as our Lord's baptism was a completion of all righteousness.
so Captian Cornelius was baptized into christ the completion of his baptism. scripture,
Acts 10:1 "There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
Acts 10:2 "A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Acts 10:3 "He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
Acts 10:4 "And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him,
Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God".
this word "memorial" is key in this verse, why? because this is in reference to the book of LIFE. scripture, Malachi 3:16 "Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it,
and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and
that thought upon his name.
Malachi 3:17 "And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Malachi 3:18 "Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not".
that book of "REMEBRANCE", it is the Hebrew word,
H2146 זִכרוֹן zikrown (zik-rone') n-m.
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing).
[from H2142]
KJV:
memorial, record.
"
memorial?", what did the angel tell captian Cornelius? "Acts 10:4 "And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a
memorial before God".
well, well, what was done in Malachi 3:16? "and a book of remembrance
was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name".
"WAS" is a past tense desigination, meaning it has been written, and the angel told captian Cornelius that "Thy prayers and thine alms
are come up for a memorial before God".
but captian Cornelius needed to do something,,, listen, Acts 10:5 "And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter", WHY, or what for? Acts 10:6 "He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side:
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do". BINGO. and what did Peter do when he came into captian Cornelius house? read Acts 10:34 - 48. Peter "PREACHED", FIRST and then "BAPTIZED".
so captian Cornelius name, and his household was written in the "BOOK of
remembrance", but they need something to close the DEAL, or as our Lord Jesus said, "To fulfil all righteousness".
he was preached to and Baptized.
No, Donald Trump is not the one who is the art of the DEAL. it's GOD, the Lord Jesus who is the ART of the Genuine and everlasting DEAL. THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDERS THE SUN....

PICJAG.