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What contextual and ethnical change took place in the days of Barnabas that brought this reaction? Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth...

ky, I am asking you to see this in a historical context like it is intended by the author. The giving of the gift of the Holy Spirit, which amounted to salvation, because it was now the possibility of the Spirit of God to indwell the body of believers in Christ because the blood of Christ can...

Are we witnessing a "transition" in the purpose of God for this age in this context with Barnabas when he sees "the grace of God," something that he had not seen heretofore in the prosecution of his ministry as a prophet of God? Is this the lifetime scenario of the parable of Jesus in Luke...

Is the word ALSO in Acts 11:1 a word of addition. If the individual Italian was the focus of the discussion and not the gentiles as a people group, why does the context not prove it? If gentiles had already received the word of God, what kind of sense would the reaction of the circumcision in...

There was a church in Jerusalem filled with Jews, including the apostles. Why the interest now? Is this action connected with Peter and his encounter with God in Acts 10 and the displeasure of the Jerusalem Jews because of his obvious violation of the long established Jews sensibilities and...

Is this the first time the grace of God was visible and could be seen with the eye? In your own words can you tell us how this is the visible manifestation of the grace of God in the same context as Barnabas seeing the grace of God? How did you conclude this doctrinal position?

You are tying some good and right things together, KY. Keep going. I can see the light is coming on.

This in in the year 40/41 AD, more than ten years after the Jews began trusting in Jesus. So you are saying that the grace of God that Barnabas saw was gentiles getting saved. I must say I heartily agree.

Is this the first time the grace of God was visible and could be seen with the eye?

The text demands the reader ask this question of the context. See verse 23. Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution...

Thank you David, for that. Would you agree that God is a trinity, one in three and three in one, divisible functionally yet the same in substance eternally? And would you agree that all three members of the trinity took counsel together for a purpose (Ep 1:11; 3:11) that would work out in a...

Here is something interesting about election. Jesus Christ was the only person who was elected before the foundation of the earth. Election has to do with being a son of God. There were no individual sons of God for the first 4000 years of human history except 1, and his name was Adam. He was...

ky, why do you struggle so with this election thing? I feel for you in this. From the mother's womb is not before birth. This is Paul's testimony, not ours. There are so many similitudes to the life of Paul and the nation of Israel. Paul is set forth as a type of Jesus Christ after his rejection...

My thread is about four major themes of prophecy. one cannot identify themes if you do not have consistent words. If one does not have words they have confidence of being true how could they follow a theme? No one has addressed the topic of the thread so far. I think this is probably indicative...

Being a member of a KJV only church, let me tell you how this works.. Our church sign says we are KJV only, so there are no surprises for anyone visiting us. We have a constition for our church and a ststement of faith. These documents detail what we have covenanted together as a local church...

God cannot be charged with imperfection. The scriptures have it seems 6 divisions to instruct us in the ways of God, according to Ps 19 & 119. 1) The law of the LORD - perfect 2) His testimony - Sure 3) His statues - right 4) The commandment - Pure 5) The fear of the Lord - Clean 6) His...

Eph 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward (gentile -ward) 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye...

Salvation is like all the other great doctrines of the scriptures. This salvation doctrine carries the trinitarian signature. It has three divisions, past , present, and future. A sinner is saved in the past by hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is that he died for you, he was buried for...

You have said more than once and have demonstrated it often that you do not believe the words in my Bible or in yours and you are willing at any given moment to rewrite them to suit yourself. So my question to you is this. If you don't believe them why would you ask me to believe them? There is...

What was the message of the Messiah when he came to earth in the flesh and what did he preach? Now that is an easy question to answer. One would only need to read the gospel accounts to answer that question. If they did read the gospel accounts and missed the answer i t would indeed prove some...