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Acts 9:32-12:25
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Salvation to the Gentiles: Although the widespread salvation of Gentiles came about because Israel as a nation refused her Savior, that extension of grace was not an afterthought with God. From His first calling of Abraham, it was God's intent that His chosen people should be the instruments of bringing salvation to the Gentiles. "In thee," the Lord told Abraham, "shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3). In the covenant at Sinai God called Israel to be His witnessess, His spiritual ambassadors to the world as "a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation" (Exodus 19:6). The tribes of Jacob were to be "a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isaiah 49:6). God's ultimate plan of redemption has always included the Gentiles in every way as much as the Jews, His specially chosen people under the old covenant. Through Jesus Christ, believing Gentiles are as fully saved, as fully the children of God, and as fully as citizens of His divine kingdom as are believing Jews.
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