tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913074042296212110.post4475801434223410843..comments2023-08-21T10:12:57.439-04:00Comments on Pastor John's House Blog: The Thing That Convinced the JewsPastor John Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325674219013374291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913074042296212110.post-59425058473704706102007-09-13T13:10:00.000-04:002007-09-13T13:10:00.000-04:00Pastor John:I have a few comments about Brother Je...Pastor John:<BR/><BR/>I have a few comments about Brother Jerry’s email. The Jews present on that day in Cornelius’ house didn’t understand that the Gentiles had been grafted in, as such. That took a further revelation that came through Paul. The Jews that day were, as it says, “astonished”, but even though they had little understanding of it, they could not deny what they saw and heard.<BR/><BR/>Jerry’s statement, “He gave it to them first so that they would know it when they saw it on someone else” led me to this thought, that God had to use a Jew to be the one sent to the Gentiles with their gospel – and one with a strong knowledge of all things Jewish, both the law and the traditions. If it had been a Gentile, the Jews would have even more of a struggle than they did, for such a person would have lacked credibility. Likewise, a Gentile may well have lacked credibility with other Gentiles, at least at first, not being one of “God’s people”. <BR/><BR/>As it was, many Jews struggled with Paul’s gospel, but face-to-face with Paul they had to admit that “the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me”, and, “the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles”, and they, “perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.”<BR/><BR/>DamienAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com