To All the World, Conflict and Courage, November 25
Conflict & Courage di The Angel with a Strong Voice (TAWASV)
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Peter began: "I now see how true it is that God has no favourites, but that in every nation the man who is godfearing and does what is right is acceptable to him." Acts 10:34, 35, N.E.B. {CC 335.1}
Peter . . . was called by God to take the gospel to Cornelius. . . . {CC 335.2}
As yet none of the disciples had preached the gospel to the Gentiles. In their minds the middle wall of partition, broken down by the death of Christ, still existed, and their labors had been confined to the Jews, for they had looked upon the Gentiles as excluded from the blessings of the gospel. Now the Lord was seeking to teach Peter the world-wide extent of the divine plan. . . . {CC 335.3}
How carefully the Lord worked to overcome the prejudice against the Gentiles that had been so firmly fixed in Peter's mind by his Jewish training! By the vision ...
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