Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck

Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, Cornelius the Centurion, as we pick up in Acts chapter 10, verse one.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts chapter 10? In the first chapter of Acts,

Jesus said to his disciples, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem

and in Samaria or both in Jerusalem and Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of

the earth. Jesus had commanded his disciples to go into all the world

and preach the gospel to every creature.

And he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.

So the gospel of Jesus Christ is for all men, regardless of nationality, ethnic background.

And we watch the movement in the Book of Acts as they began first in Jerusalem, bearing witness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ

and multitudes being added to the church daily.

Then upon persecution, we saw where Stephen went up into Samaria.

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