Tag - Gentiles
11Feb

Go Where You’re Appreciated

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Acts 18:6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” O-bservation: St. Paul had become weary of continuously being rejected by the Jews. The Jews had stirred people up with false accusations about Paul’s “Messiah,” Jesus, everywhere he had been up to then. At this point in the narrative, St. Paul was filled with righteous indignation. He said, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am...

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04Feb

I Know We Can Do Better Than Criticize

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Acts 11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him. O-bservation: St. Peter, who was the first to preach the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, was the first Jew to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. When he returned from the event at Cornelius’ house, found in Acts 10, the first thing the circumcised believers did was to criticize him for preaching to them. A-pplication: Obviously, the Jewish folks in that day considered Gentiles to be no more than dogs. For Peter to obey God by going to the house of...

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08Feb

Let The Holy Spirit Do It

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Acts 15:19 It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. O-bservation: Paul and Barnabas were in Antioch, preaching the Good News, when certain religious leaders came down from Judea to argue with them over what was required of these new "Jesus Followers." Paul and Barnabas decided to head back to the leaders of the church in Jerusalem. Once there, Peter also decided to come. It turned into a theological summit of sorts. Peter gave his testimony and Paul and Barnabas gave their...

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10Nov

The Right Not To

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 8:13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall. O-bservation: With the inclusion of the Gentile people into the family of "Christian Faith," the issue of proper food intake and other actions foreign to Jewish religious customs was always an issue. St. Paul continuously expressed in his writings that in Christ we are no longer bound to religious customs, but are now free. However, in this verse he said that if...

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11Feb

We Can’t Save Them!

S. O. A. P. Here's your 90 second AM devotional! S-cripture: Acts 18:6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” O-bservation: Very rarely did the Apostle Paul ever go to any city where he didn't come under continued fire and abuse from the Jewish leaders. After preaching for some time in the city of Corinth, he was so badly opposed and eventually abused that he said. "Fine, do what you want, I'm...

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