Article May 3, 1958 Issue

HEARING THE WORD AND DOING IT

JAMES K. WESTOVER

When Cornelius, the centurion, was directed to send for the Apostle Peter and to listen to whatever message he might bring, Peter responded immediately, although he was well aware of the Jewish law which forbade a Jew to fraternize with Gentiles.

The message which Peter brought to the centurion's household began (Acts 10:34, 35), "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."

The apostle's message that work of a righteous nature must be performed as evidence of one's reverence for God is illustrated in the many incidents in which Peter and Paul and other exponents of the Christian faith labored with great zeal to demonstrate and prove the value of their gospel. Their work and travels, although arduous, were never neglected, for they clearly recognized the necessity of practicing as well as preaching, of doing as well as declaring.

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