I typed a question this morning and asked google: where in the Bible are the Gentiles 1st offered Everlasting Life?
I must admit, I was somewhat surprised at the answer.
Acts 13
vs46 ‘…But Paul and Barnabas were not afraid of them. They said to them, it was right that we first tell you who are Jews the message from God. But now you say that God’s message is not true. You have shown that you do not deserve true life with God. So, we will leave you now. We will go and tell this message to the Gentiles…’
vs47 ‘…The Lord God has also told us to do this. He said: I have chosen you to be like a light to the Gentiles. You must go to people everywhere in the world. You must tell them how God wants to save them…’
vs48 ‘…When the Gentiles there heard this, they were very happy. They thanked God for the message about the Lord Jesus. Many people believed in Jesus. They were the people that God had chosen to have true life with him…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
If you have never taken the time to read chapter 13 of Acts, today would be a GREAT time for you to open your eyes and ears and see what God is telling us.
A verse that I’ve used many times from this chapter, vs9.
Acts 13:9 ‘…Then God filled Saul with the power of his Holy Spirit. (Saul was also now called Paul.) Paul looked straight at Elymas, and he said…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
Acts chapter 9 is where Jesus CHOSE Saul to teach the entire world about Himself.
Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
I am unable to speak for our churches today in this country and why they continue to teach a message that is false.
I do know for a fact that the Word is hardly ever opened up and read today by many people living in this world.
A lot of these people would never even notice the amount of times they’ve been lied to.
There was this period in biblical history where the Jews thought it unfathomable that God would even consider offering Salvation to the Gentiles.
They thought this even though they themselves had turned their backs on the teachings that God had tried offering to them.
And as unbelievable as it is, there are Gentiles today that think they are the new ‘Jewish believer’ to start over for the Jew when in fact, God never abandoned the Jewish individual to begin with.
This misconception has been handed down, generation after generation and it’s never been true, it’s been a false message since the day it was first perceived.
The Jew has never been abandoned by God; but rather, he’s been put on the back burner..
Romans 11:11 ‘…So now I ask this: when Israel’s people failed to accept Jesus as God’s Messiah, did they make themselves separate from God forever? No, certainly that is not true! Because of their mistake, God is now saving Gentiles. God is doing that so that Israel’s people would become jealous…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
God hasn’t abandoned the Jew; He is simply trying to make them jealous.
That has been written in Scripture.
What our churches are teaching today cannot be found written anywhere in the Bible, it is all man made gobbly gook.
Maybe we need to start requesting that our pastors start showing us where they are getting their information from when they preach to us on Sunday mornings.
Kind of like the commercial on television: SHOW ME THE CARFAX … maybe, we need to start demanding of our pastors: SHOW US IN THE WORD.
If for the first time that us Gentiles were told that we could attain Everlasting Life in chapter 13 in Acts, how and why do some churches preach John 3:16 as if it should mean anything to us?
Think of the souls that are walking down the wide path, aiming for the wide gate … all being led to slaughter by Satan himself.
Acts 13:45 ‘…But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
This ‘blasphemy’ is the greatest sin a human being can commit.
I’ve wrote on this subject before in several of our lessons.
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, we’ve been told is an unforgivable sin.
Matthew 12:31 ‘… Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
We have been given the Word of God through the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3
vs16 ‘…All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…’
vs17 ‘…that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
If we are told the truth in the Word, I would be very skeptical to believe in something different than what God has told us.
Foolishness is going to be unforgiveable when a person is standing in front of the throne of Jesus awaiting judgement.
This has been a long short study this morning, I think it has to be obvious, the only thing we can trust is the Word of God.
What other men teach us is most likely their own opinion of what has been given to them.
LEARN from this.
OPEN your Bible and READ it for yourself and let God teach you what He wants for you to HEAR.
I love ALL of y’all.
I am InHIM. ><)))o>
You’re welcome to follow me in my search to FOLLOW in His footsteps.
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