Tag: gentiles
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Iconium – A Pattern of Persecution
But having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to Iconium. Acts of the Apostles 13:51 LSB Their journey of about 90 miles on a Roman road connecting these two capital cities of Asia Minor through the mountains would typically take about a week on horseback or on foot. Paul and…
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Unworthy of Eternal Life
Acts unworthy of God–seeking men יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 49:6 וַיֹּאמֶר נָקֵל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים אֶת־שִׁבְטֵי יַעֲקֹב ונצירי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִֽהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס Acts 13: in Pisidian Antioch This scene unfolds on a second Sabbath when Saul of Tarsus and Joseph of Cypress have been invited back to share their GOOD NEWS of Israel’s Messiah at the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. On the the previous Sabbath: When the congregation was…
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Who has believed our message?
יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 53 :: מִי הֶאֱמִין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה עַל־מִי נִגְלָֽתָה׃ and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Paul and Barnabas SENT with the Gospel Now in the church that was at Antioch [Syria].. .. the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” ACTS of the…
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An Antioch Blueprint of Church Evangelism
Antioch – a Crossroads Church of the Gospel And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. Acts of the Apostles 11:26 ESV – [CLICK HERE for other versions] ‘Christians’ – an all-too-familiar label ‘christians‘ don’t understand Hundreds of disciples of Jesus Christ were first mocked in Antioch as ‘Christians.’ The Church now claims this…
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Can anyone withhold Baptism from Gentiles?
Acts of the Apostle Peter 11: link above to NASB, KJ21, Orthodox Jewish Bible, SBL Greek New Testament; MOBILE Friendly LINK to ACTS 11 21st Century King James Version only Peter has no sooner returned to Jerusalem from his first mission trip to Joppa, Lyda and Caesarea when traditional worshipers of the Lord question what…
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The Holy Ghost! Fear of GOD also ignites the Gentiles
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Acts of the Apostles 10:47 KJV The Question of those ‘chosen’ Fact is that many religious men do NOT fear God. It is true of many ‘christians‘ in this 21st century — it was…
