Acts 11:13

"and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter; who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house"Who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved" Romans 1:16. Even in the age of the miraculous, faith still came by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). In the presence and absence of the miraculous and the spiritual gifts, God's plan of salvation has remained the same (Mark 16:15; Acts 2:37; Acts 10:48; Acts 18:8; 1 Peter 3:21). "As Peter retold the story he must have been freshly impressed by the chronology. For God had been working at both ends, in Cornelius and Peter, deliberately arranging them to meet, and preparing for it. He told Cornelius in Caesarea to send for Peter in Joppa, and Peter in Joppa to go to Cornelius in Caesarea, and He perfectly synchronized the two events. To be sure, the divine intervention is plain, in the lives of both Cornelius and Peter, but neither of them was manipulated in such. way as to bypass his mind or will. On the contrary, they reflected on what they saw and heard, interpreted its significance, and deliberately chose to obey" (Stott p. 195).