Describe The Relationship Between Cornelius And Odysseus

Next, Cornelius had to obey the word of instruction given through the angel by sending his men to fetch Peter and invite him to come to his home. God wanted Cornelius saved, but He had to first deal with Cornelius’ own prejudice about having a Jew inside of a Gentile home. On the other hand, God was dealing with Peter’s pride, prejudice and limited scope of His divine plan of salvation. Peter needed a total paradigm shift in his thoughts concerning the Gentiles if his ministry was to flourish. God is waiting for many of His people to change their mindsets and attitudes if we are to minister to gangs, atheists, addicts, rockers, gays, Wiccans, the homeless, the tattooed and the pierced. He wants to show them this great salvation as well.
Samuel
fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. (I Samuel 16:1)

At this point, Samuel was on a divine assignment to anoint the next king of Israel. When Samuel arranged a feast for Jesse’s family, he saw the very tall and stalwart eldest son, Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart” (I Samuel 16:6-7).

There are two very good lessons that we learn here. Operating in spiritual gifts is never an end in itself. It’s a means to an end. Samuel went into Bethlehem with a word of wisdom that the new king was among Jesse’s sons, and that he was to anoint him so. Without a clue about which son was God’s chosen, Samuel used his natural eyes and beheld the commanding appearance of Eliab and thought certainly he was the next king. He received a gentle rebuke (correction) and a powerful lesson at what God looks for when choosing a vessel for a specific