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2. What We Can Learn from Cornelius Acts 10:33
The Ideal Audience
What We Can Learn from Cornelius
Acts 10:33
Prepared by Chris Reeves * Southside church of Christ Gospel Meeting * September 20, 2015

3. The Preacher & His Audience
Many churches are looking for the qualities of a good preacher: voice, personality, knowledge, experience, etc.
There is much in God’s word concerning the qualities of a good preacher (1 Thess. 2:4; 2 Tim. 4:2; etc.)

4. The Preacher & His Audience
Are churches looking for the qualities of a good audience?
There are qualities of a good audience given in the Bible (Neh. 8:1ff)
What are the qualities of the audience that is pleasing to God (Acts 10:33)?

5. You Have Done Well in Coming…
They anticipated the coming assembly with great interest; no apathy
Do we anticipate coming together for worship; do we long for it? What a great blessing and privilege it is to come to worship God!
Psalm 26:8; 122:1

6. We Are All Here…
They were all present, waiting, with a unity of purpose; no absentees or late-comers
Are we all present to worship God (except “providentially hindered”)
Heb. 10:25

7. Present Before God…
They understood that they were in God’s presence; no misbehavior
Are we gathered with reverence and respect for God?
Hebrews 12:25

8. To Hear…
They wanted to listen to the entire message; no rejecting the message; no closed minds
Are we listening to all that is said?
John 6:45; Acts 7:57; 20:27; 22:22; Romans 10:17

9. To Hear All Things Commanded…
They wanted to hear a message from God’s word; no entertainment or social events
Are we coming for worship or for some other purpose?
Acts 2:46; 20:7; 1 Cor. 11:20ff; 14:26ff

10. Commanded by the Lord…
They wanted to hear God’s commandments; no opinions of men or pop-psychology
Are we demanding truth and Bible from our preachers and teachers?
2 Timothy 4:2-4

11. The Ideal Audience
These people were change; they obeyed; they were saved (10:48; 11:1, 14, 18; 15:7, 11)
With an audience like this at each service, we will be changed too! The lost will be saved! The saved will be strengthened!