One Gospel To All The Nations
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Old Testament Scripture Reading: Isaiah 52:10 – 15 (KJV) |
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Isa 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isa 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Isa 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
Isa 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
Isa 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Isa 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
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New Testament Scripture Reading: Romans 15:16 – 21 (KJV) |
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Rom 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Rom 15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Rom 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Rom 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Rom 15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
Rom 15:21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) Once God had gotten Paul to come to the understanding that the Gentiles were supposed to become recipients of His grace in the very same manner as his very own countrymen (the Jews), it was as if the blinders had fallen off his eyes and then he accepted his calling to become the Apostle to the Gentiles.
2) The Law and the Prophets were filled with inferences about Gentile salvation, which were read by the Jews, yet not fully accepted as showing that God has ” no respect of persons” and that it has always been His desire to save anyone who believes, and approaches Him acceptably.
3) This special time of universal salvation of all who accept Jesus Christ God’s Only-begotten Son, as Savior and LORD and believe that God has raised Him from the dead, is called in Scripture “the times of the Gentiles”; it is referred to as “The Church Age” which shall continue until God’s next prophetic move.
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