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Gentiles were those outside of the established (Jewish) church at the time. After Paul has his vision of the Macedonian man (Acts 16:9), he knew powerfully in his heart that God had called him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. Of course, many of our own roots involve mission work at some point—
Not that the Jews believed that no Gentile could be saved. Scribes and Pharisees, Jesus said, would "compass sea and land to make one proselyte" (Matt. 23:15). Conversion of Gentiles -- yes. But by way of proselytization. For a Gentile to have any hope of heaven, he would have to buy into the entire
We have descended from those Gentiles. In our generations we were not those who were the chosen people as we are descendants of Japheth and not Shem. It is a blessing for us that we know that we are numbered among those who are covered by Jehovah’s covenant. But lest we boast, we must see the warnin
It was also true for those congregations in Gentile regions in so far as they were constituted of both Jews and Gentiles. This was true, moreover, with regard to the further labors of the church in evangelizing the Gentiles. With respect to all these this particular point in the history of the churc
Gentiles! Uncircumcised Gentiles! Peter's companions, we read, were astonished (10:45). Just a few minutes earlier, these six men "of the circumcision" would have been loath to consider these Gentiles brethren. But God had spoken. Not Peter, but God, had broken down the middle wall of partition and
Paul speaks to the Gentiles in Romans, exhorting them to deep humility in view of God’s rejection of the Jewish people. In Romans 11:20, “Well, by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: 21, for if God spared not the natural branches, neither wi
These Gentiles the Lord called “the Tabernacle of David” while still involved in the Fall of Adam. “God at the first did visit the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. And to this agree the words of the prophets… ‘after this I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David,
The Jewish nation was first called but they rejected Christ. In the New Dispensation the Church is gathered from both Jews and Gentiles and the elect are gathered as both the bride of Christ and the wedding feast guests. Mention is made of a man who did not reject the call but came without a wedding
The Gentiles have their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. It is therefore not difficult to prove from Scripture that the fullness of time refers to the time when the pagan world was receptive